Stalk

//stɔːk//

Synonyms for "stalk" (265 found)

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Closest matches (53)

Strong matches (80)

Related words (132)

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Noun(6 words)

shuck stalking stem still hunt straw stubble

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

13 entries

chase follow following gait hunt hunting plant material plant organ plant substance pursual pursue pursuit walk

Synonyms

2 entries

chaff haunt

Related terms

1 entries

stalker

derived

12 entries

Google stalk chimney stalk e-stalk footstalk gout stalk jade stalk laughing stalk rose twisted-stalk stalk-eyed stalk-eyed fly sugar cane stalk twisted-stalk

has context

3 entries

architecture metalworking zoology

is a

5 entries

gait hunt plant organ plant stem pursuit

manner of

2 entries

pursue walk

related to

24 entries

abdomen axis barnacle corn corn stem crinoid crustacean decapod flower flower stem harassment haughtily hymenopterous insect pedicel peduncle

Showing 16 of 24 words.

Translations

200 translations across 67 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

kërcell noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

καυλός noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Arabic

1 entries

سَاق noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Armenian

1 entries

ցողուն noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Asturian

1 entries

chisbar verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)

Bashkir

1 entries

һабаҡ noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Belarusian

1 entries

сцябло́ noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Bulgarian

3 entries

стъбло noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
преследвам verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)
прокрадвам се verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)

Catalan

1 entries

tija noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Cebuano

1 entries

dagami noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

莖 /茎 noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
纏擾 /缠扰 verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)

Czech

4 entries

stonek noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
pronásledovat verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)
sledovat verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)
stopovat verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)

Danish

1 entries

stængel noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Dutch

4 entries

halm noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
steel noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
stengel noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
stalken verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)

Estonian

1 entries

vars noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Finnish

4 entries

kaula noun (zoology: stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids)
pystytuki noun (one of the two upright pieces of a ladder)
ruoto noun (something resembling the stalk of a plant)
tappi noun (zoology: peduncle of the eyes of decapod)

French

3 entries

tige noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
harceler verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)
traquer verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)

Galician

4 entries

couceiro noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
pabea noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
talo noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
aseitar verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)

Georgian

1 entries

ღერო noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

German

4 entries

Holm noun (one of the two upright pieces of a ladder)
Stiel noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
Strunk noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
Stängel noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Greek

3 entries

μίσχος noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
κυνηγάω verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)
κυνηγάω verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)

Hebrew

2 entries

גִּבְעוֹל noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
ארב verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)

Hindi

1 entries

तना noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Hungarian

4 entries

szár noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
becserkész verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)
cserkész verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)
dölyfösen jár verb (to walk haughtily)

Indonesian

1 entries

kuntit, menguntit verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)

Ingrian

1 entries

varsi noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Italian

4 entries

caule noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
fusto noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
gambo noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
pedicello noun (zoology: stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids)

Japanese

3 entries

茎 noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
付きまとう verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)
忍び寄る verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

pé noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Kazakh

1 entries

сабақ noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Korean

2 entries

그루 noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
줄기 noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Latin

2 entries

caulis noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
stipula noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Latvian

1 entries

stumbrs noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Lithuanian

1 entries

stiebas noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Low German

3 entries

Halm noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
Steel noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
Stängel noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Macedonian

1 entries

стебло noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Makasae

1 entries

bata noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Malay

1 entries

batang noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Malayalam

1 entries

തണ്ട് noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Middle Persian

1 entries

𐮍𐮑𐮀𐮄 noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Māori

4 entries

kaka noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
tā noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
tātā noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
tō (of monocots) noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

bistîk noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

stengel noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

stengel noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Nǀuu

1 entries

ǃaba verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)

Occitan

1 entries

tija noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Old English

2 entries

bestealcian verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)
bestelan verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

اوزدك noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
صاپ noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Persian

3 entries

ساقه noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
ستاخ noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
ستاک noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Polish

4 entries

badyl noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
łodyga noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
nękać verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)
stalkować verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)

Portuguese

4 entries

haste noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
talo noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
perseguir verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)
stalkear verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)

Romanian

3 entries

tijă noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
tulpină noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
a se ține scai verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)

Russian

4 entries

сте́бель noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
стебло́ noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
вышагивать verb (to walk haughtily)
кра́сться за verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

peteljka noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
stabljika noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
пeтeљка noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
стабљика noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Slovak

4 entries

steblo noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
stonka noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
sledovať verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)
stopovať verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)

Slovene

1 entries

steblo noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Spanish

4 entries

tallo noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
acechar verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)
acechar verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)
acosar verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)

Swahili

1 entries

bua noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Swedish

4 entries

stjälk noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
följa verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)
följa verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)
förfölja verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)

Tagalog

2 entries

tangkay noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
panunubaybay verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)

Thai

1 entries

ก้าน noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Tocharian B

1 entries

pere noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Turkish

2 entries

sap noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
önmek verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)

Ukrainian

2 entries

сте́бель noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
стебло́ noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Uzbek

1 entries

poya noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Vietnamese

4 entries

thân noun (stem or main axis of a plant)
bám đuôi verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)
bám đuôi verb (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment)
rình rập verb (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

1 entries

reɣami noun (stem or main axis of a plant)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The stalk is a little bigger around than your little finger.

Source: tatoeba (48568)

Oh, the rice stalk is sticking up in the tea. Something good might happen.

Source: tatoeba (2658376)

The gracious lady seemed like a flower that was rather stiff in the stalk.

Source: tatoeba (2674672)

His herd was forgotten; his pipe lay uncared for on the ground; his head was bowed like a flower that droops over its stalk; he was consumed by inward fire, parched like the grass in the hot weather; he knew joy no longer, and no more gaily prattled, unless, indeed, he were speaking to Chloe or about her.

Source: tatoeba (6212464)

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