Word Meanings - STALK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring. 4. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. To climd by the rungs and the stalks. Chaucer. A stem or peduncle, as of certain

Additional info about word: STALK

An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring. 4. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. To climd by the rungs and the stalks. Chaucer. A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids. The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect. The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans. (more info) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp. The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant. 2. That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill. Grew.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STALK)

• Walk
• Step
• stride
• march
• stalk
• plod
• tread
• tramp
• trudge

Related words: (words related to STALK)

• STALKY
  Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk. At the top bears a great stalky head. Mortimer.
• MARCHER
  One who marches.
• STRIDE
  strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. strida to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. stritan; of uncertain origin. 1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Mars in the middle of the shining
• STALK-EYED
  Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans. Stalked- eyed crustaceans. See Podophthalmia.
• MARCH
  The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days. The stormy March is come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changing skies. Bryant. As mad as a March Hare, an old English Saying derived from the fact that March is the rutting time of hares,
• STALKLESS
  Having no stalk.
• TRAMP
  Dan. trampe, Sw. & Icel. trampa, Goth. anatrimpan to press upon; also to D. trap a step, G. treppe steps, stairs. Cf. Trap a kind of rock, 1. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample. 2. To travel or wander through; as, to tramp
• TREADBOARD
  See 5
• STALKER
  1. One who stalks. 2. A kind of fishing net.
• MARCHING
  ,fr. March, v. Marching money , the additional pay of officer or soldier when his regiment is marching. -- In marching order , equipped for a march. -- Marching regiment. A regiment in active service. In England, a regiment liable
• TREADFOWL
  A cock. Chaucer.
• TREADMILL
  A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.
• TREAD
  tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG. tretan, Icel. tro, Sw. tråda, träda, Dan. træde, Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. 1. To set the foot; to step. Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise. Pope. Fools rush in where
• TREADLE
  The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread. (more info) 1. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.
• MARCHIONESS
  The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis. Spelman.
• MARCH-MAD
  Extremely rash; foolhardy. See under March, the month. Sir W. Scott.
• TRAMPER
  One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp. Dickens.
• TRUDGEN STROKE
  A racing stroke in which a double over-arm motion is used; -- so called from its use by an amateur named Trudgen, but often erroneously written trudgeon.
• MARCHET; MERCHET
  In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters.
• STRIDENT
  Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. "A strident voice." Thackeray.
• NOMARCH
  The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.
• POLEMARCH
  In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer.
• OVERSTRIDE
  To stride over or beyond.
• OVERTREAD
  To tread over or upon.
• OVERMARCH
  To march too far, or too much; to exhaust by marching. Baker.
• DISMARCH
  To march away.
• RETREAD
  To tread again.
• OUTMARCH
  To surpass in marching; to march faster than, or so as to leave behind.
• ASTRIDE
  With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle. Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. Sir W. Scott. Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose. Longfellow.
• DEERSTALKER
  One who practices deerstalking.