MEANING
To remain hidden or unnoticed, often waiting for an opportunity.
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Words that belong together
- lurk behind a door
- danger lurks
On the page
Something lurked beyond the light’s reach.
An unanswered question lurked beneath the calm account.
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Word forms
- Base
- lurk
- Past tense
- lurked
- Past participle
- lurked
- Present participle
- lurking
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- lurk
- Present continuous
- am/is/are lurking
- Present perfect
- have/has lurked
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been lurking
- Past
- lurked
- Past continuous
- was/were lurking
- Past perfect
- had lurked
- Past perfect continuous
- had been lurking
- Future
- will lurk
- Future continuous
- will be lurking
- Future perfect
- will have lurked
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been lurking
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: lurk; lurks; lurked; lurked; lurking Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: lurks.
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