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Strunk — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • stalk noun The stem of a plant, or a similar stem-like part.
  • stem noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.

Senses

Strunk is used for these senses in English:

  • stalk The stem or main axis of a plant.
  • stalk (mathematics, sheaf theory) Informally, a construction which generalizes that of the notion of the ring of germs of functions near a point to the context of arbitrary sheaves. Formally, given a sheaf \mathcal{F} on a space X, and a point x in X, the direct limit of the sections of F on the open neighborhoods of x ordered by reverse inclusion. See w:Stalk (sheaf) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • stem A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.

stalk — full definition

  1. noun The stem of a plant, or a similar stem-like part.
  2. verb To approach quietly and slowly so as not to be noticed, especially when hunting.
  3. verb To follow or watch someone obsessively and repeatedly, often causing them fear or distress.

stem — full definition

  1. noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.
  2. noun A slender supporting part of an object, such as a wine glass or tobacco pipe.
  3. noun The base form of a word to which endings are added.
  4. verb To originate or arise from something.
  5. verb To stop or hold back the flow or spread of something.

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