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stalk

/stɔːk/ verbe C2

En français : traquer, harceler

  1. To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer. (transitive)
  2. To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ (transitive) · My ex-girlfriend is stalking me.· villages stalked by the threat of famine
  3. To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner. (intransitive)
  4. To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover. (intransitive)
  5. Of a person's social media activity: to look through thoroughly or obsessively; to keep tabs on, generally avoiding contact. (transitive) · Coordinate term: lurk

He/she/it stalks · Prétérit stalked · Participe passé stalked · Forme en -ing stalking

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Participe passé
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Forme en -ing
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Dans la bibliothèque

“Come, my head’s free at last!” said Alice in a tone of delight, which changed into alarm in another moment, when she found that her shoulders were nowhere to be found: all she could see, when she looked down, was an immense length of neck, which seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far below her.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 35 · B2
Phillips stalked down the aisle and laid his hand heavily on Anne’s shoulder.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 114 · C1
Then Marilla stalked downstairs, thinking proudly how sweet Anne looked, with that
Anne of Green Gables, p. 279 · C1
He walked past the couch to the open window, and held up the drooping stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and green.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 73 · B2

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