Meaning

5 senses
  1. To remain concealed in order to ambush.

    lauern

    таи́тьсяtaítʹsja, пря́татьсяprjátatʹsja, скрыва́тьсяskryvátʹsja

    таїтисяtajitysja, ховатисяxovatysja, скриватисяskryvatysja

  2. To remain unobserved.

  3. To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.

    lauern

    таи́тьсяtaítʹsja, поджида́тьpodžidátʹ

  4. (Internet)To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent.

    to monitor a web forum or similar without making your presence public

  5. (UK, slang, transitive)To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty.

Examples

49 sentences
  1. I didn't want you lurking around me anyway.

    ruВо всяком случае, я не хотел, чтобы ты был возле меня и караулил.

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  2. I saw someone lurking around outside your house last night.

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  3. The devil lurks behind the cross.

    ruЗа крестом скрывается дьявол.

    deDer Teufel lauert hinter dem Kreuze.

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  4. What is lurking in the shadows?

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  5. Who is lurking in the shadows?

    ruКто скрывается в тени?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to remain concealed in order to ambush:
Русский
By meaning 2
to remain concealed in order to ambush:
to hang out or wait around a location:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to remain concealed in order to ambush:

Origin

From Middle English lurken, from Old Norse *lúrka, possibly from Proto-Germanic *lūrukōną

From Middle English lurken, from Old Norse *lúrka, possibly from Proto-Germanic *lūrukōną (“to be lying in wait, lurk”), equivalent to lour + -k (frequentative suffix).

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Forms

lurks, lurking, lurked, lurked
Base formlurk · to lurk
3rd person singularlurks
Present participlelurking
Past simplelurked
Past participlelurked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylurk
he, she, itlurks

Past simpleLesson

all personslurked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lurked
he, she, ithas lurked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lurk

Synonyms

19 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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