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Definition: Stalked |
StalkedAdjective1. (biology) having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk; "a pedunculate flower"; "a pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stalked" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonym: StalkedSynonym: pedunculate (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: sessile (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Stalked |
| English words defined with "stalked": Brassica rapa pekinensis ♦ cap, celery cabbage, Chinese cabbage ♦ family Tulostomaceae, family Tulostomataceae, Floscularian ♦ gastropod, genus Goodyera, genus Marchantia, Goodyera, goose barnacle ♦ helvella ♦ Lepadoid, Lepas fascicularis ♦ Marchantia ♦ napa ♦ Pedunculata, Pentacrinus, pe-tsai, pileus ♦ racemose ♦ sea lily, Suctoria ♦ Tulostomaceae, Tulostomataceae ♦ univalve. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "stalked": HEAD ♦ -head ♦ Lion Sermon ♦ Man of Brass ♦ Physarum polycephalum. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm being stalked by psycho killers and I hide in the shower! (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) The way I see it, I've got no house, no bodyguard, no movie, and I'm being stalked. Because someone wants to kill me? (Scream 3; writing credit: Ehren Kruger) I've played a woman who was stalked, a woman who was raped, a woman who was kidnapped, car-jacked, high-jacked, and sky-jacked. (Women of the House; writing credit: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason) Because you're on the board of the Port City Theater, and because the director thinks he's being stalked, I have to endure two hours of lousy drama? (Walking Shadow; writing credit: Robert B. Parker;) | |
Lyrics | Stalked in the forest, too close to hide (Hungry Like the Wolf; performing artist: Duran Duran) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | "There stalked a multitude of dreams." / [Federico] Castellon. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | A plump tortoise shell cat leaped up on the counter and stalked lazily near to him. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HEAD-:MONEY:, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax. In ancient times there lived a king Whose tax-collectors could not wring From all his subjects gold enough To make the royal way less rough. For pleasure's highway, like the dames Whose premises adjoin it, claims Perpetual repairing. So The tax-collectors in a row Appeared before the throne to pray Their master to devise some way To swell the revenue. "So great," Said they, "are the demands of state A tithe of all that we collect Will scarcely meet them. Pray reflect: How, if one-tenth we must resign, Can we exist on t'other nine?" The monarch asked them in reply: "Has it occurred to you to try The advantage of economy?" "It has," the spokesman said: "we sold All of our gray garrotes of gold; With plated-ware we now compress The necks of those whom we assess. Plain iron forceps we employ To mitigate the miser's joy Who hoards, with greed that never tires, That which your Majesty requires." Deep lines of thought were seen to plow Their way across the royal brow. "Your state is desperate, no question; Pray favor me with a suggestion." "O King of Men," the spokesman said, "If you'll impose upon each head A tax, the augmented revenue We'll cheerfully divide with you." As flashes of the sun illume The parted storm-cloud's sullen gloom, The king smiled grimly. "I decree That it be so -- and, not to be In generosity outdone, Declare you, each and every one, Exempted from the operation Of this new law of capitation. But lest the people censure me Because they're bound and you are free, 'Twere well some clever scheme were laid By you this poll-tax to evade. I'll leave you now while you confer With my most trusted minister." The monarch from the throne-room walked And straightway in among them stalked A silent man, with brow concealed, Bare-armed -- his gleaming axe revealed! G.J. |
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| "Stalked" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 81.52% of the time. "Stalked" is used about 184 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 81.52% | 150 | 25,701 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 14.67% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.8% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 184 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "stalked": stalked barnacle ♦ stalked crinoid ♦ stalked puffball. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "stalked": Stalked-eyed crustaceans. | |
Ending with "stalked": de-stalked, long-stalked, rough-stalked, thick-stalked, thin-stalked, thread-stalked, triple-stalked. | |
Containing "stalked": ring-stalked fungus. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stalked | 6 |
being stalked | 5 |
anna being stalked | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stalked"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 偷偷 近 (stalking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stængelgrønsag (edible stalked vegetable), blad-og stængelgrønsager,ekskl.kål (leafy or stalked vegetables excluding brassicas), andre blad-og stængelgrønsager,ikke andetsteds anført (not otherwise specified, other leafy or stalked vegetables). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stengelgroente (edible stalked vegetable), blad-en stengelgroenten anders dan kool (leafy or stalked vegetables excluding brassicas), andere blad-en stengelgroenten,nergens anders vermeld (not otherwise specified, other leafy or stalked vegetables). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | légumes feuillus et tige sauf choux (leafy or stalked vegetables excluding brassicas), légume tiges alimentaires (edible stalked vegetable), autres légumes feuillus et tige,non dénommés ailleurs (other leafy or stalked vegetables). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stelzte (stalks), gestelzt (stilted, stiltedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λοιπά φυλλώδη λαχανικά εκτός λαχάνων (leafy or stalked vegetables excluding brassicas), λοιπά φυλλώδη λαχανικά (not otherwise specified, other leafy or stalked vegetables). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ortaggio da stelo (edible stalked vegetable), ortaggi a foglia e stelo esclusi i cavoli (leafy or stalked vegetables excluding brassicas), altri ortaggi a foglia e stelo,non denominati altrove (not otherwise specified, other leafy or stalked vegetables). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 활보하" (Stridden). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alkedstay produtos hortícolas de folha e de talo,excepto couves (leafy or stalked vegetables excluding brassicas), outros produtos hortícolas de folha ou de talo não especificados (not otherwise specified, other leafy or stalked vegetables). (various references) шагать;выслеживать стебельчатый. (various references) otras hortalizas de hoja y de tallo no nombradas en otra parte (not otherwise specified, other leafy or stalked vegetables), hortalizas de hoja y tallo, coles excluidas (leafy or stalked vegetables excluding brassicas). (various references) saplı (pedicellate, petiolar, petiolate, stalky, stemmed). (various references) có thân; có cuống (stemmed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Geranium columbinum L., Passiflora quadrangularis, Poa pratensis L., Poa trivialis, Potamogeton praelongus Wulf.. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Stalked" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Salcedo, Salkeld, Schalke, stalke, stalko. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "stalked" (pronounced stô"kt) |
| 4 | -t ô" k t | talked. |
| 3 | -ô" k t | balked, chalked, hawked, walked. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-k-l-s-t" | |
-1 letter: deltas, desalt, lasted, latkes, salted, skated, slaked, slated, staked, staled, talked, tasked. | |
-2 letters: asked, dales, dates, deals, dealt, delta, delts, kales, lades, laked, lakes, lased, lated, latke, leads, leaks, least, sated, setal, skald, skate, slake, slate, stade, stake, stale, stalk, stead, steak, steal, stela, taels, takes, tales, talks, teaks, teals, tesla, tsade. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-k-l-s-t" | |
+2 letters: darkliest. | |
+3 letters: backlisted, dekaliters. | |
+4 letters: blacklisted, candlestick, deerstalker, multitasked, outsparkled, stakeholder, stickhandle. | |
+5 letters: candlesticks, deerstalkers, endoskeletal, postcardlike, stakeholders, stickhandled, stickhandler, stickhandles. | |
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