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
verb — past 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.
verb — past 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.