stalk

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. The stem or main axis of a plant.
2. The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
3. Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such 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 in 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. Informally, a construction which generalizes that of the notion of the ring of germs of functions near a point to the context of arbitrary sheaves. Formally, given a sheaf ℱ on a space X, and a point x in X, the direct limit of the sections of F on the open neighborhoods of x ordered by reverse inclusion. See Stalk (sheaf) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
11. (slang) The penis.

Verb

1. (transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.
2. (transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ
3. (intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.
4. (intransitive) To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.

Verb

To walk haughtily.

Conceptos

tallo

acechar

caña

tallo herbáceo

cola

pedúnculo

rabo

acosar

pezón

tronco

vástago

aproximarse

gluma

troncho

sigilosamente

estipe

acercarse

acuciar

arrear

espiar

impeler

paja

perseguir

pie

🦶

Sinónimos

stem

trunk

still hunt

stipe

creep

stalking

stubble

peduncle

follow

sneak

straw

lie in wait

chaff

tail

caudex

haulm

shuck

haunt

shaft

husk

steal

pedicel

waylay

tree trunk

pedicle

ear of corn

stump

stub

base

stride

trail

sneak up on

line

leg

🦵

brush

axis

helve

spy on

rod

scape

pursue

queue

persecute

petiole

pace

chase

prowl

shank

strut

approach stealthily

Traducciones

tige

Stiel

stengel

gambo

steel

Stängel

Stengel

halm

haste

traquer

caule

guetter

⌚

chaume

schrijden

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/stɔːk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: stalke

Heredado de inglés antiguo: *stealc

Cognado con alto alemán antiguo: *stelh

Cognado con danés: stilk

Cognado con sueco: stjälk

Cognado con islandés: stilkur

Cognado con inglés medio: stale

Cognado con inglés antiguo: stalu

Cognado con Middle Low German: stal

Cognado con inglés antiguo: stela

Cognado con albanés: shtalkë

Cognado con galés: telm

Cognado con griego antiguo: στειλειή

Cognado con Classical Armenian: ստեղն

Heredado de inglés medio: stalken

Heredado de inglés antiguo: *stealcian

Cognado con neerlandés: stelkeren

Cognado con danés: stalke

Cognado con noruego: -

In summary

From Middle English stalke, stelke, stalk, perhaps from Old English *stealc, *stielc, *stealuc, from Proto-West Germanic *staluk, *stalik, from Proto-Germanic *stalukaz, *stalikaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *stalô, *staluz (“support, stem, stalk”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, stand; be stiff; stud, post, trunk, stake, stem, stalk”).
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch staal (“sample”), steel (“stem”), German Stiel (“stalk”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål stilk (“stalk, stem”), Faroese stjølur (“bottom part of a sheaf”), Icelandic stilkur (“stalk, stem”), Norwegian Nynorsk stilk, stylk (“stalk, stem”), styl (“lower part of a straw”), Swedish stjälk (“stalk, stem”), Albanian shtalkë (“crossbeam, board used as a door hinge”), Welsh telm (“frond”), Ancient Greek στειλειή (steileiḗ, “beam”), Old Armenian ստեղն (stełn, “trunk, stalk”).