To walk haughtily.
To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ
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.
To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.
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.
To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high.
Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.
To brace or support (something) by a strut or struts; to hold (something) in place or strengthen by a diagonal, transverse, or upright support.
To be attached diagonally or at a slant; also, to be bent at a sharp angle.
A beam or rod providing support.
An act of strutting (“bracing or supporting (something) by a strut or struts (sense 1); attaching diagonally; bending at a sharp angle”); specifically, deviation (of the spoke of a wheel) from the normal position.
An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.
A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.