stalk

The stem or main axis of a plant.

The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.

A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.

The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.

Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.

An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.

A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.

The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.

The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

A haughty style of walking.

(slang) The penis.

One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.

Informally, a construction which generalizes that of the notion of the ring of germs of functions near a point to the context of arbitrary sheaves. Formally, given a sheaf ℱ on a space X, and a point x in X, the direct limit of the sections of F on the open neighborhoods of x ordered by reverse inclusion. See Stalk (sheaf) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.

To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.

To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ

(Internet) Of a person's social media activity: to look through thoroughly or obsessively; to keep tabs on, generally avoiding contact.

To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.

To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.

To walk haughtily.