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"word": "chimney stalk"
},
{
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"word": "e-stalk"
},
{
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"word": "footstalk"
},
{
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"word": "Google stalk"
},
{
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"word": "gout stalk"
},
{
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"word": "jade stalk"
},
{
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"word": "laughing stalk"
},
{
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"word": "rose twisted-stalk"
},
{
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"word": "stalk-eyed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "stalk-eyed fly"
},
{
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"word": "twisted-stalk"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*stel-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "stalke"
},
"expansion": "Middle English stalke",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "stelke"
},
"expansion": "stelke",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "stalk"
},
"expansion": "stalk",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*stealc"
},
"expansion": "Old English *stealc",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "*stielc"
},
"expansion": "*stielc",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "*stealuc"
},
"expansion": "*stealuc",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*staluk"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *staluk",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*stalik"
},
"expansion": "*stalik",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*stalukaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *stalukaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*stalikaz"
},
"expansion": "*stalikaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*stalô"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *stalô",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*staluz",
"t": "support, stem, stalk"
},
"expansion": "*staluz (“support, stem, stalk”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*stel-",
"t": "to place, stand; be stiff; stud, post, trunk, stake, stem, stalk"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, stand; be stiff; stud, post, trunk, stake, stem, stalk”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "*stelh"
},
"expansion": "Old High German *stelh",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wazzarstelh",
"t": "wagtail"
},
"expansion": "wazzarstelh (“wagtail”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "stilk",
"t": "stalk, stem"
},
"expansion": "Danish stilk (“stalk, stem”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "stjälk",
"t": "stalk, stem"
},
"expansion": "Swedish stjälk (“stalk, stem”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "stilkur",
"t": "stalk, stem"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic stilkur (“stalk, stem”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "stale",
"t": "ladder upright, stalk"
},
"expansion": "Middle English stale (“ladder upright, stalk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "stalu",
"t": "wooden upright"
},
"expansion": "Old English stalu (“wooden upright”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "stal"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German stal",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "stale",
"t": "chair leg"
},
"expansion": "stale (“chair leg”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "stela",
"t": "stalk"
},
"expansion": "Old English stela (“stalk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "steel",
"t": "stalk"
},
"expansion": "Dutch steel (“stalk”)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Stiel",
"t": "stalk"
},
"expansion": "German Stiel (“stalk”)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "shtalkë",
"t": "crossbeam, board used as a door hinge"
},
"expansion": "Albanian shtalkë (“crossbeam, board used as a door hinge”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "telm",
"t": "frond"
},
"expansion": "Welsh telm (“frond”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "στειλειή",
"t": "beam"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek στειλειή (steileiḗ, “beam”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "ստեղն",
"t": "trunk, stalk"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian ստեղն (stełn, “trunk, stalk”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English stalke, stelke, stalk, perhaps from Old English *stealc, *stielc, *stealuc, from Proto-West Germanic *staluk, *stalik, from Proto-Germanic *stalukaz, *stalikaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *stalô, *staluz (“support, stem, stalk”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, stand; be stiff; stud, post, trunk, stake, stem, stalk”). Cognate with Old High German *stelh in wazzarstelh (“wagtail”), Danish stilk (“stalk, stem”), Swedish stjälk (“stalk, stem”), Icelandic stilkur (“stalk, stem”).\nRelated also to Middle English stale (“ladder upright, stalk”), Old English stalu (“wooden upright”), Middle Low German stal, stale (“chair leg”), Old English stela (“stalk”), Dutch steel (“stalk”), German Stiel (“stalk”), Albanian shtalkë (“crossbeam, board used as a door hinge”), Welsh telm (“frond”), Ancient Greek στειλειή (steileiḗ, “beam”), Old Armenian ստեղն (stełn, “trunk, stalk”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "stalks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "stalk (plural stalks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts."
],
"id": "en-stalk-en-noun-DBC8i7Qq",
"links": [
[
"stem",
"stem"
],
[
"axis",
"axis"
],
[
"plant",
"plant"
],
[
"seed",
"seed"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kërcell"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sāq",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سَاق"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cʿoġun",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "ցողուն"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "habaq",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "һабаҡ"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "scjabló",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сцябло́"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stǎblo",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "стъбло"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tija"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "dagami"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "莖"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīng",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "茎"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stonek"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stængel"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "steel"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stengel"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "halm"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "vars"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "varsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tige"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "talo"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"note": "of cereal",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pabea"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"note": "of a cabbage",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "couceiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣero",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "ღერო"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Strunk"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stiel"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stängel"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "míschos",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μίσχος"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kaulós",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "καυλός"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "giv'ol",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גִּבְעוֹל"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "tanā",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "तना"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "szár"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gambo"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stelo"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fusto"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caule"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "venatura centrale"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "くき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuki",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "茎"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "pé"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sabaq",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "сабақ"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geuru",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "그루"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "julgi",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "줄기"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bistîk"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caulis"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stipula"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stumbrs"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stiebas"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Steel"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "Stängel"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Halm"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "steblo",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "стебло"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mkz",
"lang": "Makasae",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "bata"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "batang"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "taṇṭŭ",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "തണ്ട്"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "tā"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "tātā"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "kaka"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "tō"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pal",
"lang": "Middle Persian",
"roman": "stāx",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "𐮍𐮑𐮀𐮄"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stengel"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stengel"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tija"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sâqe",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "ساقه"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "setâk",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "ستاک"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "setâx",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "ستاخ"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "łodyga"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 12 18 13 0 7 0 0 0 0",
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"neuter"
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{
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],
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{
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"Human",
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"Fundamental"
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer."
],
"id": "en-stalk-en-verb-en:approach",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer."
],
"senseid": [
"en:approach"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "chisbar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prokradvam se",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "прокрадвам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "sledovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "stopovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "vaania"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "väijyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "traquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "aseitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "sich anpirschen"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "sich anschleichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "sich heranschleichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kynigáo",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "κυνηγάω"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "aráv",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "ארב"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "cserkész"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "utánaoson"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "becserkész"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "ólálkodik"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "accostarsi furtivamente"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "inseguire"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "tampinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "pedinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"alt": "しのびよる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shinobiyoru",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "忍び寄る"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "whakamomoka"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "whakamokamoka"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "whakameto"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "bestealcian"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "bestelan"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "zakradać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "tocaiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krástʹsja",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "кра́сться"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podkradyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "подкрадываться"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "zakrádať sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "špehovať"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "sledovať"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "stopovať"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "acechar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "förfölja"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 9 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "följa"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "My ex-girlfriend is stalking me.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ"
],
"id": "en-stalk-en-verb-T8SGwhI0",
"links": [
[
"harassment",
"harassment"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "presledvam",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "преследвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "纏擾"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chánrǎo",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "缠扰"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "pronásledovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "šmírovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "stalken"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "seurailla"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "harceler"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "stalken"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "nachstellen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "nachschleichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "heimsuchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "belästigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kynigáo",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "κυνηγάω"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "zaklat"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "követ"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "nyomában van"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "rátapad"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "kuntit, menguntit"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "molestare"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "infastidire"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "importunare"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "assillare"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "vessare"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"alt": "つきまとう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsukimatou",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "付きまとう"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "whakamokamoka"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "whakamomoka"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "nękać"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "stalkować"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "perseguir"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "a se ține scai"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preslédovatʹ",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "пресле́довать"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stálkeritʹ",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ста́лкерить"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "acechar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "acosar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "förfölja"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "följa"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "stalka"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "panunubaybay"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "önmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "bám đuôi"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 86 6 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "theo dõi"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "2 1 5 10 7 2 2 2 2 6 5 4 5 12 2 13 15 4",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Gaits",
"orig": "en:Gaits",
"parents": [
"Body",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner."
],
"id": "en-stalk-en-verb-yj58Bxk0",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 1 2 9 5 6 4 6 8 11 1 5 6 7 0 7 11 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 1 5 10 7 2 2 2 2 6 5 4 5 12 2 13 15 4",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Gaits",
"orig": "en:Gaits",
"parents": [
"Body",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion",
"text": "One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover."
],
"id": "en-stalk-en-verb-S8sjHTPs",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/stɔːk/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/stɔk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/stɑk/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"homophone": "stork (non-rhotic accents)"
},
{
"homophone": "Homophone: stock (in accents with the cot-caught merger)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːk"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-ne-stalk.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/En-us-ne-stalk.ogg/En-us-ne-stalk.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/En-us-ne-stalk.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-stalk.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/En-us-stalk.ogg/En-us-stalk.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/En-us-stalk.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US) (cot-caught merged)"
},
{
"enpr": "stôk"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"stalk"
],
"word": "stalk"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "stalken"
},
"expansion": "Middle English stalken",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*stealcian"
},
"expansion": "Old English *stealcian",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "bestealcian",
"t": "to move stealthily"
},
"expansion": "bestealcian (“to move stealthily”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "stealcung",
"t": "stalking"
},
"expansion": "stealcung (“stalking”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*stalukōn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *stalukōn",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*stalukōną",
"t": "to stalk, move stealthily"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *stalukōną (“to stalk, move stealthily”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "stelkeren",
"3": "stelkeren, stolkeren",
"t": "to tip-toe, tread carefully"
},
"expansion": "Dutch stelkeren, stolkeren (“to tip-toe, tread carefully”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "stalke",
"t": "to high step, stalk"
},
"expansion": "Danish stalke (“to high step, stalk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "stalka",
"t": "to trudge"
},
"expansion": "stalka (“to trudge”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*stalkaz"
},
"expansion": "*stalkaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*stelkaz"
},
"expansion": "*stelkaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "stealc",
"t": "steep"
},
"expansion": "Old English stealc (“steep”)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "stelkr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse stelkr",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "stjalkr",
"t": "knot (bird), red sandpiper"
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"code": "cmn",
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"masculine"
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"code": "nl",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "et",
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"code": "gl",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
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"code": "ka",
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"code": "de",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "hi",
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gambo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "stelo"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
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],
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{
"code": "it",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
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],
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "сабақ"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geuru",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "그루"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "julgi",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "줄기"
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{
"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "la",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stipula"
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{
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"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
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"tags": [
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"code": "nds",
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{
"code": "nds",
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"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
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{
"code": "nds",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "mk",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "mkz",
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{
"code": "ml",
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"roman": "taṇṭŭ",
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"word": "തണ്ട്"
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "tā"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
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{
"code": "mi",
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{
"code": "mi",
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{
"code": "pal",
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"roman": "stāx",
"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"word": "𐮍𐮑𐮀𐮄"
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{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stengel"
},
{
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
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],
"word": "stengel"
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"code": "oc",
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],
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{
"code": "fa",
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{
"code": "fa",
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{
"code": "fa",
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"code": "pl",
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{
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"tags": [
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"code": "pt",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "talo"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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"code": "ro",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "ro",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "stem or main axis of a plant",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "ru",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "de",
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
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"3": "*stealcian"
},
"expansion": "Old English *stealcian",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "bestealcian",
"t": "to move stealthily"
},
"expansion": "bestealcian (“to move stealthily”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "stealcung",
"t": "stalking"
},
"expansion": "stealcung (“stalking”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*stalukōn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *stalukōn",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*stalukōną",
"t": "to stalk, move stealthily"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "stelkeren",
"3": "stelkeren, stolkeren",
"t": "to tip-toe, tread carefully"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "stalke",
"t": "to high step, stalk"
},
"expansion": "Danish stalke (“to high step, stalk”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "stalka",
"t": "to trudge"
},
"expansion": "stalka (“to trudge”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*stalkaz"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*stelkaz"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "stealc",
"t": "steep"
},
"expansion": "Old English stealc (“steep”)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "stelkr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse stelkr",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "stjalkr",
"t": "knot (bird), red sandpiper"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)telg"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)telg",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*(s)tolg-"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mga",
"2": "tolg",
"t": "strength"
},
"expansion": "Middle Irish tolg (“strength”)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "stalgùs",
"t": "stiff, defiant, proud"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian stalgùs (“stiff, defiant, proud”)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*stalkōną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *stalkōną",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*stelaną",
"t": "to steal"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English stalken, from Old English *stealcian (as in bestealcian (“to move stealthily”), stealcung (“stalking”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stalukōn, from Proto-Germanic *stalukōną (“to stalk, move stealthily”) (compare Dutch stelkeren, stolkeren (“to tip-toe, tread carefully”), Danish stalke (“to high step, stalk”), Norwegian dialectal stalka (“to trudge”)), from *stalkaz, *stelkaz (compare Old English stealc (“steep”), Old Norse stelkr, stjalkr (“knot (bird), red sandpiper”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telg, *(s)tolg- (compare Middle Irish tolg (“strength”), Lithuanian stalgùs (“stiff, defiant, proud”)).\nAlternate etymology connects Proto-Germanic *stalkōną to a frequentative form of *stelaną (“to steal”).",
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{
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"pos": "verb",
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"To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer."
],
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"text": "My ex-girlfriend is stalking me.",
"type": "example"
}
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"harassment",
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],
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"(transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
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"To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner."
],
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"(intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner."
],
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"intransitive"
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"ref": "1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion",
"text": "One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover."
],
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"(intransitive) To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover."
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"tags": [
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{
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
"homophone": "stork (non-rhotic accents)"
},
{
"homophone": "Homophone: stock (in accents with the cot-caught merger)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːk"
},
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],
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/En-us-stalk.ogg",
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},
{
"enpr": "stôk"
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{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "chisbar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prokradvam se",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "прокрадвам се"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "sledovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "stopovat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "vaania"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "väijyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "traquer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "aseitar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "sich anpirschen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "sich anschleichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "sich heranschleichen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kynigáo",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "κυνηγάω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "aráv",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "ארב"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "cserkész"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "utánaoson"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "becserkész"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "ólálkodik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "accostarsi furtivamente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "inseguire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "tampinare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "pedinare"
},
{
"alt": "しのびよる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shinobiyoru",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "忍び寄る"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "whakamomoka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "whakamokamoka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "whakameto"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "bestealcian"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "bestelan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "zakradać się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "tocaiar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krástʹsja",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "кра́сться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podkradyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "подкрадываться"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "zakrádať sa"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "špehovať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "sledovať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "stopovať"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "acechar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "förfölja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer",
"word": "följa"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "presledvam",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "преследвам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "纏擾"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chánrǎo",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "缠扰"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "pronásledovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "šmírovat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "stalken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "seurailla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "harceler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "stalken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "nachstellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "nachschleichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "heimsuchen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "belästigen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kynigáo",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "κυνηγάω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "zaklat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "követ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "nyomában van"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "rátapad"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "kuntit, menguntit"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "molestare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "infastidire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "importunare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "assillare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "vessare"
},
{
"alt": "つきまとう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsukimatou",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "付きまとう"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "whakamokamoka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "whakamomoka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "nękać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "stalkować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "perseguir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "a se ține scai"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preslédovatʹ",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "пресле́довать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stálkeritʹ",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ста́лкерить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "acechar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "acosar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "förfölja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "följa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "stalka"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "panunubaybay"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "önmek"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "bám đuôi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment",
"word": "theo dõi"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"stalk"
],
"word": "stalk"
}
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"word": "vykračovat si"
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"sense": "to walk haughtily",
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