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STALKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of following prey stealthily
Synonyms:
stalk; stalking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("stalking" is a kind of...):
chase; following; pursual; pursuit (the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
Synonyms:
stalk; stalking; still hunt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("stalking" is a kind of...):
hunt; hunting (the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stalking"):
deerstalking (stalking deer)
Derivation:
stalk (go through (an area) in search of prey)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb stalk
