Stalk vs. Grain

Stalknoun

The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.

Stalknoun

The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.

Stalknoun

Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.

Stalknoun

(architecture) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.

Stalknoun

One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.

Stalknoun

(zoology)

Stalknoun

A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.

Stalknoun

The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.

Stalknoun

The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

Stalknoun

(metalworking) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.

Stalknoun

A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.

Stalknoun

The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.

Stalknoun

A haughty style of walking.

Stalkverb

(transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.

Stalkverb

(transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.Wp

Stalkverb

(intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.

Stalkverb

(intransitive) To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.

Stalkverb

(intransitive) To walk haughtily.

Stalknoun

The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.

Stalknoun

That which resembles the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.

Stalknoun

An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.

Stalknoun

One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.

Stalknoun

A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.

Stalknoun

An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.

Stalknoun

A high, proud, stately step or walk.

Stalknoun

The act or process of stalking.

Stalkverb

To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; - sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.

Stalkverb

To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.

Stalkverb

To walk with high and proud steps; - usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.

Stalkverb

To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.

Stalkverb

To follow (a person) persistently, with or without attempts to evade detection; as, the paparazzi stalk celebrities to get candid photographs; obsessed fans may stalk their favorite movie stars.

Stalknoun

material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

Stalknoun

a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

Stalknoun

a hunt for game carried on by stalking or waiting in ambush

Stalknoun

the act of following prey stealthily

Stalknoun

a stiff or threatening gait

Stalkverb

walk stiffly

Stalkverb

follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to;

Stalkverb

go through (an area) in search of prey;

Grainnoun

(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

Grainnoun

(uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, eg buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.

Grainnoun

(countable) A single seed of grass food crops.

Grainnoun

The crops from which grain is harvested.

Grainnoun

(uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.

Grainnoun

(countable) A single particle of a substance.

Grainnoun

(countable) A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams (0.002285714 avoirdupois ounce). A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 carat or 50 milligrams. The old French grain was 1/9216 livre or 53.11 milligrams, and in the mesures usuelles permitted from 1812 to 1839, with the livre redefined as 500 grams, it was 54.25 milligrams.

Grainnoun

(countable) A former unit of gold purity, also known as carat grain, equal to 4 "carat" (karat).

Grainnoun

(materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.

Grainnoun

A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.

Grainnoun

The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.

Grainnoun

(in the plural) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.

Grainnoun

(botany) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.

Grainnoun

Temper; natural disposition; inclination.

Grainnoun

Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.

Grainnoun

A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.

Grainnoun

A tine, prong, or fork.

Grainnoun

One of the branches of a valley or river.

Grainnoun

An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.

Grainnoun

A blade of a sword, knife, etc.

Grainnoun

(founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.

Grainverb

To feed grain to.

Grainverb

(transitive) To make granular; to form into grains.

Grainverb

(intransitive) To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.

Grainverb

To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.

Grainverb

(tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.

Grainverb

(tanning) To soften leather.

Grainverb

To yield fruit.

Grainverb

See Groan.

Grainverb

To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.

Grainverb

To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.

Grainverb

To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).

Grainverb

To yield fruit.

Grainverb

To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.

Grainnoun

A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.

Grainnoun

The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; - used collectively.

Grainnoun

Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.

Grainnoun

The unit of the English system of weights; - so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.

Grainnoun

A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.

Grainnoun

The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.

Grainnoun

The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.

Grainnoun

The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.

Grainnoun

The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.

Grainnoun

The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.

Grainnoun

A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.

Grainnoun

Temper; natural disposition; inclination.

Grainnoun

A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.

Grainnoun

A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.

Grainnoun

A tine, prong, or fork.

Grainnoun

A blade of a sword, knife, etc.

Grainnoun

A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.

Grainnoun

a small hard particle;

Grainnoun

foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

Grainnoun

used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat

Grainnoun

1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams

Grainnoun

1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams

Grainnoun

dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

Grainnoun

the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric;

Grainverb

thoroughly work in;

Grainverb

paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

Grainverb

form into grains

Grainverb

become granular

Grainnoun

wheat or any other cultivated cereal used as food.

Grainnoun

the seeds of wheat or other cultivated cereals.

Grainnoun

a single fruit or seed of a cereal

Grainnoun

a small hard particle of a substance such as salt or sand

Grainnoun

the smallest possible quantity or amount of a quality

Grainnoun

a discrete particle or crystal in a metal, igneous rock, etc., typically visible only when a surface is magnified.

Grainnoun

a piece of solid propellant for use in a rocket engine.

Grainnoun

the smallest unit of weight in the troy and avoirdupois systems, equal to 1/5760 of a pound troy and 1/7000 of a pound avoirdupois (approximately 0.0648 gram).

Grainnoun

the longitudinal arrangement or pattern of fibres in wood, paper, etc.

Grainnoun

the texture of wood, stone, etc., as determined by the arrangement and size of constituent particles

Grainnoun

the rough or wrinkled outer surface of leather, or of a similar artificial material.

Grainnoun

lamination or planes of cleavage in materials such as stone and coal.

Grainnoun

a grainy appearance of a photograph or negative, which is in proportion to the size of the emulsion particles composing it.

Grainnoun

a person's character or natural tendency.

Grainnoun

kermes or cochineal, or dye made from either of these.

Grainverb

give a rough surface or texture to

Grainverb

form into grains

Grainverb

paint (especially furniture or interior surfaces) in imitation of the grain of wood or marble.

Grainverb

remove hair from (a hide).

Grainverb

feed (a horse) on grain.

Grain

A grain is a small, hard, dry seed - with or without an attached hull or fruit layer - harvested for human or animal consumption. A grain crop is a grain-producing plant.