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Adjective lurking has 2 senses
- lurking - concealed and unsuspected; "lurking dangers"; "search for lurking ambiguities"
Antonym: unconcealed (indirect, via concealed)
- furtive, lurking, skulking, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious - marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking in the shadows"
Antonym: unconcealed (indirect, via concealed)
Verb lurk has 3 senses
- lurk, skulk - lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
--1 is one way to hide, conceal
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait - wait in hiding to attack
--3 is one way to wait
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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