skulk
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
Types & categories
- hide hypernym
Related & opposite
- lurker derivation
Sense 2 verb
avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
Types & categories
- fiddle hypernym
Related & opposite
- malingering derivation
- shammer derivation
Sense 3 verb
move stealthily
The lonely man skulks down the main street all day
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lurker |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hide |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | malingering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shammer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fiddle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |