Synonyms of the word

stalking

• v. present participle of stalk.
• n. Hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush.
• n. The crime of following or harassing another person, causing him or her to fear death or injury.
• n. The removal of stalks from bunches of grapes prior to winemaking.

chase

• n. The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
• n. A hunt.
• n. (uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.
• n. (Britain) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
• n. Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
• n. (nautical) Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
• n. (real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the…
• n. (real tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a…
• n. (cycling) One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.
• v. (transitive) To pursue, to follow at speed.
• v. (transitive) To hunt.
• v. (intransitive) To give chase; to hunt.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.
• v. (transitive) To dilute alcohol.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.
• n. (printing) A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing…
• n. A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
• n. (architecture) A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing)…
• n. The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
• n. The cavity of a mold.
• n. (shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint by means of a gradually…
• v. (transitive) To groove; indent.
• v. (transitive) To place piping or wiring in a groove encased within a wall or floor, or in a hidden space…
• v. (transitive) To cut (the thread of a screw).
• v. (transitive) To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

following

• adj. Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
• adj. About to be specified.
• adj. (of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel.
• prep. After, subsequent to.
• n. A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
• n. Vocation; business; profession.
• n. (with definite article, treated as singular or plural) A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after.

hunt

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To chase down prey and (usually) kill it.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
• v. (transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
• v. (transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
• v. (transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
• v. (bell-ringing, transitive) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
• v. (bell-ringing, intransitive) To shift up and down in order regularly.
• v. (engineering, intransitive) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor…
• n. The act of hunting.
• n. A hunting expedition.
• n. An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to such an organization (capitalized if the…

hunting

• n. Chasing and killing animals for sport or to get food.
• n. Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
• n. (engineering) Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.
• v. present participle of hunt.

pursual

• n. The act of pursuit.

pursuit

• n. The act of pursuing.
• n. A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
• n. (cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track…
• n. (law, obsolete) prosecution.

stalk

• n. The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.
• n. The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
• n. Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
• n. (architecture) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes…
• n. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
• n. (zoology).
• n. (metalworking) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
• v. (transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.
• v. (transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.^Wp.
• v. (intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.
• v. (intransitive) To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed…
• n. A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.
• n. A hunt (of a wild animal).
• v. (intransitive) To walk haughtily.