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stalking
(mass) | stalking
- sledovanie |
stalking
(encz) | stalking,sledování n: Zdeněk Brož |
stalking
(encz) | stalking,sledující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
stalking
(encz) | stalking,stopování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Stalking
(gcide) | Stalk \Stalk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stalked (st[add]kt); p. pr.
& vb. n. Stalking.] [AS. staelcan, stealcian to go slowly;
cf. stealc high, elevated, Dan. stalke to stalk; probably
akin to 1st stalk.]
1. To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy,
noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive
pronoun. --Shak.
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Into the chamber he stalked him full still.
--Chaucer.
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[Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's
fiend,
Pressing to be employed. --Dryden.
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2. To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of
approaching game; to proceed under cover.
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The king . . . crept under the shoulder of his led
horse; . . . "I must stalk," said he. --Bacon.
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One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk.
--Drayton.
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3. 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.
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With manly mien he stalked along the ground.
--Dryden.
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Then stalking through the deep,
He fords the ocean. --Addison.
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I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he
has long stalked alone and unchallenged. --Merivale.
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stalking
(wn) | stalking
n 1: a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or
waiting in ambush [syn: stalk, stalking, still hunt]
2: the act of following prey stealthily [syn: stalk,
stalking] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
stalking
(mass) | stalking
- sledovanie |
deerstalking
(encz) | deerstalking,stopování zvěře Zdeněk Brož |
stalking
(encz) | stalking,sledování n: Zdeněk Brožstalking,sledující adj: Zdeněk Brožstalking,stopování n: Zdeněk Brož |
stalking-horse
(encz) | stalking-horse,osoba odpoutávající pozornost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Deerstalking
(gcide) | Deerstalking \Deer"stalk`ing\, n.
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
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Stalking-horse
(gcide) | Stalking-horse \Stalk"ing-horse`\ (st[add]k"[i^]ng-h[^o]rs`), n.
1. A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a
hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to
kill.
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2. Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask;
a pretense.
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Hypocrisy is the devil's stalking-horse under an
affectation of simplicity and religion.
--L'Estrange.
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How much more abominable is it to make of him
[Christ] and religion a stalking-horse, to get and
enjoy the world! --Bunyan.
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deerstalking
(wn) | deerstalking
n 1: stalking deer |
stalking
(wn) | stalking
n 1: a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or
waiting in ambush [syn: stalk, stalking, still hunt]
2: the act of following prey stealthily [syn: stalk,
stalking] |
stalking-horse
(wn) | stalking-horse
n 1: a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask
the true candidate
2: something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that
is concocted in order to conceal the real reason [syn:
pretext, stalking-horse]
3: screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a
hunter hides while stalking game
4: a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game |
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