stalk

Noun

• a stiff or threatening gait

• the act of following prey stealthily

• a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush

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

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

Verb

• go through (an area) in search of prey
  • stalk the woods for deer
    

• follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
  • her ex-boyfriend stalked her
    
  • the ghost of her mother haunted her
    

• walk stiffly

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  angry walk , stalking , still hunt , stem , chaff , husk , shuck , straw , stubble , haunt