To pour forth from a narrow opening; to emerge from a narrow place like a defile into open country or a wider space.
A fortress at the end of a defile.
A narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
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
To walk haughtily.
To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.
To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.
The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.
An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.
A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.
The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.
An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
A haughty style of walking.