[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the stem or main axis of a plant.", "any slender supporting or connecting part of a plant, as the petiole of a leaf, the peduncle of a flower, or the funicle of an ovule.", "a similar structural part of an .", "a stem, shaft, or slender supporting part of anything.", "Automotive.a slender lever, usually mounted on or near the steering wheel, that is used by the driver to control a signal or function:The horn button is on the turn-signal stalk."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to pursue or approach prey, quarry, etc., stealthily.", "to walk with measured, stiff, or haughty strides:He was so angry he stalked away without saying goodbye.", "to proceed in a steady, deliberate, or sinister manner:Famine stalked through the nation.", "Obsolete.to walk or go stealthily along."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to pursue (game, a person, etc.) stealthily.", "to proceed through (an area) in search of prey or quarry:to stalk the woods for game.", "to proceed or spread through in a steady or sinister manner:Disease stalked the land."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like:We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.", "a slow, stiff stride or gait."]}]