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Antonyms for stalk

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : stawk
Phonetic Transcription : stɔk

Definition of stalk

Origin :
  • "stem of a plant," early 14c., probably a diminutive (with -k suffix) of stale "one of the uprights of a ladder, handle, stalk," from Old English stalu "wooden part" (as of a harp), from Proto-Germanic *stalo; related to Old English steala "stalk, support," and steall "place" (see stall (n.1)).
  • noun stem of plant
  • verb follow, creep up on
Example sentences :
  • Then at last she reached forth her hand and broke the lily from its stalk.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Some lives have not even a stalk on which fruits could hang, even if they did grow in five minutes.
  • Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
  • The girl took up a stalk of grass and nibbled it in laughing meditation.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • When he could no longer endure, he would get up and stalk determinedly away from them.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Its flower is on the top of the stalk, which is sometimes eight feet high.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • The stalk is smooth, and the leaves are almond-shaped, only more pointed.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 » by Various
  • Put half a pint of calf's foot jelly into a bowl; when stiff, lay in three peaches, and a bunch of grapes with the stalk upwards.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Gather the largest green gooseberries of the walnut kind, and slit the tops into four quarters, leaving the stalk end whole.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Weigh some fine morellas, cut off half the stalk, prick them with a new needle, and drop them into a jar or wide-mouth bottle.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • So they scampered all about, and there was not a mouse which did not look under every stalk of straw.
  • Extract from : « Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales » by Anonymous

Synonyms for stalk

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