Lurk

/lɜːk/

Synonyms for "lurk" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

be latentcouchcreekcreepescape noticegumshoe
Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (18)

Verb(9 words)
hibernatehidelay waitlie beneathlie dormantlie hidlie in waitlie lowmake no sign

Related words (30)

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3 entries
forum lurkingonline lurkingskulk

Collocations

6 entries
lurk behindlurk in shadowslurk onlinelurk quietlylurk somewherelurk unseen

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.

Source: tatoeba (906994)

'Or Grecians in these timbers lurk confined, / or 'tis some engine of assault, designed / to breach the walls, and lay our houses bare, / and storm the town. Some mischief lies behind. / Trust not the horse, ye Teucrians. Whatso'er / this means, I fear the Greeks, for all the gifts they bear.'

Source: tatoeba (6804578)

In the depths of the human soul, dark feelings lurk.

Source: tatoeba (9400773)

Cyber espionage and identity theft abound while organized criminals and national spies lurk.

Source: tatoeba (10946107)

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