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stalking
We have found lemma(root) word of stalking : stalk.
Definitions
[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
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