Stalk



Related forms — noun: stalker — verb: stalk
noun
1.
(the main stem of a plant, a stem attaching a leaf or flower or fruit to another stem or to a twig) ដើម, ទង, មែក
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ដើរពើងទ្រូង, ឈ្លបចាប់
3.
(Act of stalking) ការឈ្លបចាប់
Example: The hunter stalked the deer in the woods, The cat stalked through the door.
4.
(វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) កោសិកាដើម, ដើម , ទង, មែក
verbpast tense: stalked ; past participle: stalked ; present participle: stalking ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (1. To pursue by tracking stealthily. 2. To go through (an area) in pursuit of prey or quarry) ឈ្លបចាប់
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) (to walk in a stately or imposing manner, to track or pursue (game, etc) stealthily, to sweep silently through) ដើរពើងទ្រូង, ដើរបញ្ចេញរាង (ដូចក្ងោកពង់)
ENGLISH MEANING
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.
11.
The act or process of stalking.
verbpast tense: stalked ; past participle: stalked ; present participle: stalking ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) 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.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.