Definition of "stalked" []

• Having a stalk or stem. Often used in combination: long-stalked; short-stalked. (adjective)

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• "They felt maybe people wouldn't understand the word stalked, so it became "Monster from the Ocean Floor.""
• "When Amunhotep couldn’t stand any more of his brother’s sickness, he stalked from the chamber and stood on a balcony overlooking Thebes."
• "Mrs. Morton gathered the folds of her dress together and without a word stalked out of the room."