Synonyms for lurk
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lurk |
| Phonetic Transcription : lÉœrk |
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Définition of lurk
Origin :- c.1300, lurken "to hide, lie hidden," probably from Scandinavian (cf. dialectal Norwegian lurka "to sneak away," dialectal Swedish lurka "to be slow in one's work"), perhaps ultimately related to Middle English luren "to frown, lurk" (see lower (v.2)). Related: Lurked; lurking.
- verb hide; move stealthily
- Danger and hurt and death did not lurk everywhere about him.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- A silly etymology—from lateo, to lurk; mentioned also by Virgil.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various
- A dreadful order seemed to lurk in the darkest shadows of life.
- Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
- The poet speaks to us of one thing, but in this one thing there seems to lurk the secret of all.
- Extract from : « Poetry for Poetry's Sake » by A. C. Bradley
- Go soothingly on the grease-mud, as there lurk the skid-demon.
- Extract from : « Flash-lights from the Seven Seas » by William L. Stidger
- This system is supposed to draw out any insects that may lurk within.
- Extract from : « The Cauliflower » by A. A. Crozier
- The very ghost of his dead comrade seemed to lurk there still.
- Extract from : « Panther Eye » by Roy J. Snell
- They dared not flee; even in their own woods the foe might lurk for them.
- Extract from : « Stories By English Authors: France » by Various
- This forced him from his family, and he was obliged to lurk a good while after this.
- Extract from : « Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) » by John Howie
- Can they not lurk around until we die of hunger, or until they fire the building?
- Extract from : « The Ranger » by Edward S. Ellis
Antonyms for lurk
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