stalk

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for stalk

stalk 🔊 /stɔˈk/

stalk : පීඩා කරනවා

stalk : කඳ

stalk : වෘන්තය

stalk : වහල්ල

stalk : සංකු

stalk : නැට්ට

stalk : දණ්ඩ

stalk : නටුව

stalk definition

Noun.

  1. The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
  2. The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
  3. That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.
  4. An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
  5. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
  6. A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
  7. The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
  8. The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
  9. An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
  10. A high, proud, stately step or walk.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
  2. To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.
  3. To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.

Transitive verb. To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.