I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stalking horse
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
long
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Description: The leaves are arranged in a rosette, and have very long stalks .
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He was now holding long stalks of fresh herbs which he dipped into the Holy Water.
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The next leaves are floating ones borne on long stalks .
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They are borne on long , green stalks .
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The blooms are carried on long stalks and are over an inch across.
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Description: This plant has heart-shaped leaves with long stalks , which are olive green and slightly corrugated.
short
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The leaves had distinct short stalks , a clue that it was a sessile oak.
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These plants have a strong and firm rhizome from which a very short stalk bearing four to seven leaves develops.
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These are borne on short stalks .
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One of these is Udotea, a fan-like plant that is attached to the bottom by a short stalk .
■ NOUN
celery
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Chop ¼ red pepper, 2 spring onions, 1 celery stalk , 2 cooked new potatoes, cucumber and 2 mushrooms.
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Celery root and celery stalks are both edible, as are beets and beet greens.
■ VERB
chop
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Put the mushrooms to one side and chop the stalks .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Two flowers usually develop on each stalk .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But tonight he would like to have something equivalent to a stalk of bananas to purchase, circa 1910.
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He was now holding long stalks of fresh herbs which he dipped into the Holy Water.
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If possible, flowers from different floral stalks should be used.
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One parent plant can provide up to twenty new ones from four to five stalks during the vegetative period.
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Peel and quarter the stalks lengthways.
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Put the mushrooms to one side and chop the stalks.
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The column stalks are fine: indicators, lights and horn on the left, wipers on the right.
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The next time up the stalk , Jack stole a hen that laid golden eggs.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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While out ploughing a horseman had noticed a stoat some distance away stalking a rabbit.
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Finally, my temper spent, I stalked away .
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She waited until it had stalked away before picking up the remains of the Geiger-Muller counter and dropping them into the holdall.
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I turned and stalked away to the servants' quarters.
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And then he turned and stalked away .
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Spinning on her heel, she stalked away with her head in the air.
off
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She stalked off across the road, her hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line.
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Jody stalked off the court looking for the culprits.
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Then he spun on his heel and stalked off round the side of the cart.
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She stalked off to her trailer, but he could see by her walk that she was feeling better.
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After that she stalked off and refused to come near me.
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Alistair said, and stalked off , muttering to himself.
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She stalked off , leaving Bernice shaken and alone.
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She kept blowing her lines and she had finally stalked off the set in a rage.
out
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When he stalked out he left her with a motley crew mostly of accountants and lawyers.
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She stalks out of the locker room and into a knot of sports reporters.
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Without another word she turned and stalked out , leaving him to follow.
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With that, he stalked out of the room.
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He stalked out and posted it.
■ NOUN
street
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Kong, too, escaped the police and is still, presumably, stalking the streets looking for more victims.
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He had two messages for the public and the victims of the killer gangs stalking Ulster's streets .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Crocodiles have been known to actively stalk and kill humans.
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Polar bears stalk seals that are resting on the ice.
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Police are making more effort to catch criminals who stalk women.
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The killer would stalk his victim, overpower her and then brutally murder her.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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History stalks the Kremlin: Khrushchev fell 25 years ago, and the parallels with today are stark.
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I stalked amongst the booths and ramshackle dwellings built against the wall.
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She stalked off across the road, her hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line.
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Sheffield was forced to move because he was stalked for two to three months early last season.
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The cats stalked a paper bag.
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The House Committee on Assassinations found in 1978 that you stalked my father for over a year?
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Thus stereotypes that had confidently been buried with stakes through their hearts rose up to stalk women once more.