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Meanings of lurk in English

Portuguese
permanecer
Catalan
voltar

Be about.

      permanecer
      Portuguese
      emboscar
      Catalan
      amagar-se

      Wait in hiding to attack.

          emboscar
          Portuguese
          espreitar
          Catalan
          amagar-se

          Lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner.

                espreitar
                Usage of lurk in English
                1
                Drink long; in this wine lurk the seeds of the life everlasting.
                Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
                2
                Behind the sordid details of Kenneth Starr's report lurk two critical questions.
                The Irish Times
                3
                Dangerous plants don't just lurk in Amazon rain forests or tropical jungles.
                Wicked plants
                4
                A dreadful order seemed to lurk in the darkest shadows of life.
                The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes
                5
                It might lurk in deep ocean waters in areas sensors don't reach.
                Reuters
                6
                There were millions of spots in the cavern where danger could lurk.
                Monster Hunter International
                7
                It seems to lurk there like a shy skeleton at the feast.
                The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes
                8
                We were to lurk in ambush there, and waylay an unwary traveller.
                The Story of the Treasure Seekers / Being the Adventures of the ...
                9
                Though summer bathes my kingdom in golden light, I lurk in gloom.
                Daughters of the Nile
                10
                And that is to say nothing of the predators that lurk there.
                The seeker
                11
                Behind their unprepossessing exteriors lurk traces of loneliness, homesickness, fear or affection.
                The Guardian
                12
                Stand and watch, lurk and loiter for a while and nobody notices.
                Act of treason
                13
                But the dangers of virtual petricide lurk even in the PC neighborhood.
                Wired
                14
                Don't be shy, don't lurk about at the edges of the light.
                The Tangle Box
                15
                Could a head-banging child of Beelzebub lurk behind that effetely bespectacled exterior?
                The Irish Times
                16
                Multiple lifetimes of music lurk beneath the surface of this exceptional collection.
                The Irish Times
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                Lurk through the time
                Lurk across language varieties
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                Common
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                Common
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