stalk
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (architecture) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
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5. (metalworking) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
6. (mathematics, sheaf theory) Informally, a construction which generalizes that of the notion of the ring of germs of functions near a point to the context of arbitrary sheaves. Formally, given a sheaf ℱ on a space X, and a point x in X, the direct limit of the sections of F on the open neighborhoods of x ordered by reverse inclusion. See Stalk (sheaf) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.Examples: "As for shooting a man from behind a wall, it is cruelly like to stalking a deer."; "But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking."transitive
2. (transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖExamples: "My ex-girlfriend is stalking me."transitive
3. (intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.Examples: "[Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's fiend, / Pressing to be employed."; "O ay, stalk on, stalk on, the fowl sits"intransitive
4. (intransitive) To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.Examples: "The king[…]crept under the shoulder of his led horse;[…]"I must stalk," said he."; "One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk."intransitive
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To walk haughtily.Examples: "With manly mien he stalked along the ground."; "Then stalking through the deep, / He fords the ocean."; "I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he has long stalked alone and unchallenged."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary