| stalk | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble | material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds. |
| ~ bran | broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting. |
| ~ plant material, plant substance | material derived from plants. |
| n. (plant) | 2. stalk, stem | a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ. |
| ~ gynophore | the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle. |
| ~ carpophore | a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel. |
| ~ corn stalk, cornstalk | the stalk of a corn plant. |
| ~ filament | the stalk of a stamen. |
| ~ funicle, funiculus | the stalk of a plant ovule or seed. |
| ~ petiolule | the stalk of a leaflet. |
| ~ cane | a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane. |
| ~ plant organ | a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus. |
| ~ sporangiophore | stalk bearing one or more sporangia. |
| ~ cutting, slip | a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting. |
| ~ tuber | a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage. |
| ~ rhizome, rootstalk, rootstock | a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure. |
| ~ axis | the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged. |
| ~ caudex | woody stem of palms and tree ferns. |
| ~ internode | a segment of a stem between two nodes. |
| ~ beanstalk | stem of a bean plant. |
| ~ cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade | a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf. |
| ~ receptacle | enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts. |
| ~ caudex, stock | persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant. |
| ~ stipe | supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap. |
| ~ flower stalk, scape | erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip. |
| ~ leafstalk, petiole | the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf. |
| ~ bulb | a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure. |
| ~ corm | solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure. |
| ~ leaf node, node | (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge. |
| ~ branch | a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant. |
| ~ culm | stem of plants of the Gramineae. |
| ~ halm, haulm | stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding. |
| ~ tree trunk, trunk, bole | the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber. |
| n. (act) | 3. stalk, stalking, still hunt | a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush. |
| ~ hunting, hunt | the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts. |
| ~ deerstalking | stalking deer. |
| n. (act) | 4. stalk, stalking | the act of following prey stealthily. |
| ~ chase, pursual, pursuit, following | the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture.; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" |
| n. (act) | 5. angry walk, stalk | a stiff or threatening gait. |
| ~ gait | a person's manner of walking. |
| v. (motion) | 6. stalk | walk stiffly. |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| v. (motion) | 7. haunt, stalk | follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to.; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her" |
| ~ pursue, follow | follow in or as if in pursuit.; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" |
| v. (motion) | 8. stalk | go through (an area) in search of prey.; "stalk the woods for deer" |
| ~ pursue, follow | follow in or as if in pursuit.; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" |
| left | | |
| n. (location) | 1. left | location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east.; "she stood on the left" |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| ~ left stage, stage left | the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience. |
| n. (group) | 2. left, left wing | those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare. |
| ~ faction, sect | a dissenting clique. |
| n. (body) | 3. left, left hand | the hand that is on the left side of the body.; "jab with your left" |
| ~ hand, manus, mitt, paw | the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. left, left field, leftfield | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left.; "the batter flied out to left" |
| ~ outfield | the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases. |
| ~ parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel | an extended area of land. |
| n. (act) | 5. left | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east.; "take a left at the corner" |
| ~ turning, turn | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course.; "he took a turn to the right" |
| adj. | 6. left | being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north.; "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream" |
| ~ left-handed | using or intended for the left hand.; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors" |
| ~ left-hand | located on or directed toward the left.; "a car with left-hand drive" |
| ~ leftmost | farthest to the left.; "the leftmost non-zero digit" |
| ~ near, nigh | being on the left side.; "the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side" |
| ~ larboard, port | located on the left side of a ship or aircraft. |
| adj. | 7. left, left over, leftover, odd, remaining, unexpended | not used up.; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions" |
| ~ unexhausted | not used up completely.; "an unexhausted well" |
| adj. | 8. left, left-hand | intended for the left hand.; "I rarely lose a left-hand glove" |
| ~ left-handed | using or intended for the left hand.; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors" |
| adj. | 9. left | of or belonging to the political or intellectual left. |
| ~ socialist, socialistic | advocating or following the socialist principles.; "socialistic government" |
| ~ liberal | tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition. |
| ~ far left | radical or extremely liberal. |
| ~ leftish | tending toward the political left. |
| ~ left-of-center, left-wing, leftist | believing in or supporting tenets of the political left. |
| ~ liberal | having political or social views favoring reform and progress. |
| adv. | 10. left | toward or on the left; also used figuratively.; "he looked right and left"; "the political party has moved left" |
| non | | |
| adv. | 1. non, not | negation of a word or group of words.; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" |
| none | | |
| n. (time) | 1. none | a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise. |
| ~ time of day, hour | clock time.; "the hour is getting late" |
| n. (act) | 2. none | a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier. |
| ~ divine service, religious service, service | the act of public worship following prescribed rules.; "the Sunday service" |
| adj. | 3. none | not any.; "thou shalt have none other gods before me" |
| ~ no | quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of.; "we have no bananas"; "no eggs left and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time" |
| adv. | 4. none | not at all or in no way.; "seemed none too pleased with his dinner"; "shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in"; "none too prosperous"; "the passage is none too clear" |
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