[stɔːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the main stem of a herbaceous plant
(e.g: he chewed a stalk of grass)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: probably a diminutive of dialect stale ‘rung of a ladder, long handle’

[stɔːk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- pursue or approach stealthily
(e.g: a cat stalking a bird)

- harass or persecute (someone) with unwanted and obsessive attention
(e.g: for five years she was stalked by a man who would taunt and threaten her)

- stride somewhere in a proud, stiff, or angry manner
(e.g: without another word she turned and stalked out)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Old English -stealcian (in bistealcian ‘walk cautiously or stealthily’), of Germanic origin; related to steal

[stɔːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a stealthy pursuit of someone or something
(e.g: this time the stalk would be on foot)

- a stiff, striding gait


Phrases:

Origin:
late Old English -stealcian (in bistealcian ‘walk cautiously or stealthily’), of Germanic origin; related to steal