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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lurk  \Lurk\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Lurked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Lurking}.]  [OE.  lurken,  lorken,  prob.  a  dim.  from  the  source 
  of  E.  lower  to  frown.  See  {Lower},  and  cf  {Lurch},  a  sudden 
  roll,  {Lurch}  to  lurk.] 
  1.  To  lie  hid;  to  lie  in  wait. 
 
  Like  wild  beasts,  lurking  in  loathsome  den. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  Let  us  .  .  .  lurk  privily  for  the  innocent.  --Prov. 
  i.  11. 
 
  2.  To  keep  out  of  sight. 
 
  The  defendant  lurks  and  wanders  about  in  Berks. 
  --Blackstone. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lurk 
  v  1:  lie  in  wait,  lie  in  ambush,  behave  in  a  sneaky  and  secretive 
  manner  [syn:  {skulk}] 
  2:  be  about  "The  high  school  students  like  to  loiter  in  the 
  Central  Square";  "Who  is  this  man  that  is  hanging  around 
  the  department?"  [syn:  {loiter},  {lounge},  {footle},  {lollygag}, 
  {loaf},  {lallygag},  {hang  around},  {mess  about},  {tarry}, 
  {linger},  {mill  about},  {mill  around}] 
  3:  wait  in  hiding  to  attack  [syn:  {ambush},  {scupper},  {bushwhack}, 
  {waylay},  {ambuscade},  {lie  in  wait}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  lurk 
 
  {lurking} 
 
 




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