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stalk
Noun
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The stalk of a plant is the stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.
stalk
Verb
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If you stalk, you approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.
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If you stalk someone, you try to follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.
My ex-girlfriend is stalking me.
rot
Verb
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If something rots it spoils. Rotting is how something turns into dirt (soil) because of bacteria and fungus.
We threw out the fruit that rots.
The police found the rotting body of someone who was killed.
rot
Noun
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Rot is material is decaying (rotting) and has decayed (rotted) a lot already.
The log was full of rot so it broke easily.
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Rot is the act of decaying (rotting).
We put our food in the freezer to avoid rot.