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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Stalked \Stalked\ (st[add]kt), a.
     Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Stalked barnacle (Zo["o]l.), a goose barnacle, or anatifer;
        -- called also stalk barnacle.
  
     Stalked crinoid (Zo["o]l.), any crinoid having a jointed
        stem.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Stalk \Stalk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stalked (st[add]kt); p. pr.
     & vb. n. Stalking.] [AS. st[ae]lcan, stealcian to go
     slowly; cf. stealc high, elevated, Dan. stalke to stalk;
     probably akin to 1st stalk.]
     1. To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy,
        noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive
        pronoun. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Into the chamber he stalked him full still.
                                                    --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's
              fiend,
              Pressing to be employed.              --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of
        approaching game; to proceed under cover.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The king . . . crept under the shoulder of his led
              horse; . . . ``I must stalk,'' said he. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk.
                                                    --Drayton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              With manly mien he stalked along the ground.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Then stalking through the deep,
              He fords the ocean.                   --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he
              has long stalked alone and unchallenged. --Merivale.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Stalked \Stalked\, a.
     Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
  
     Stalked barnacle (Zo["o]l.), a goose barnacle, or anatifer;
        -- called also stalk barnacle.
  
     Stalked crinoid (Zo["o]l.), any crinoid having a jointed
        stem.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Stalk \Stalk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stalked; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Stalking.] [AS. st[ae]lcan, stealcian to go slowly; cf.
     stels high, elevated, Dan. stalke to stalk; probably akin to
     1st stalk.]
     1. To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy,
        noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive
        pronoun. --Shak.
  
              Into the chamber he stalked him full still.
                                                    --Chaucer.
  
              [Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's
              fiend, Pressing to be employed.       --Dryden.
  
     2. To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of
        approaching game; to proceed under clover.
  
              The king . . . crept under the shoulder of his led
              horse; . . . ``I must stalk,'' said he. --Bacon.
  
              One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk.
                                                    --Drayton.
  
     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.
  
              With manly mien he stalked along the ground.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              Then stalking through the deep, He fords the ocean.
                                                    --Addison.
  
              I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he
              has long stalked alone and unchallenged. --Mericale.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  stalked
       adj : having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk; "a
             pedunculate flower"; "a pedunculate barnacle is
             attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk"
             [syn: pedunculate] [ant: sessile]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stalked
     a.
     Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
     vb.
     (infl of en stalk  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  stalked
     a.
     Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
     vb.
     (infl of en stalk  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  stalked
     a.
     Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
     vb.
     (infl of en stalk  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  stalked
     a.
     Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
     vb.
     (infl of en stalk  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stalked
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s talk ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stalked
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en stalk ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb stalk)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Stalked /stˈɔːkt/
  مطارد