Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lurch
Participle: lurched
Gerund: lurching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | lurch |
| you | lurch |
| he;she;it | lurches |
| we | lurch |
| you | lurch |
| they | lurch |
Perfect
| I | have lurched |
| you | have lurched |
| he;she;it | has lurched |
| we | have lurched |
| you | have lurched |
| they | have lurched |
Past
| I | lurched |
| you | lurched |
| he;she;it | lurched |
| we | lurched |
| you | lurched |
| they | lurched |
Pluperfect
| I | had lurched |
| you | had lurched |
| he;she;it | had lurched |
| we | had lurched |
| you | had lurched |
| they | had lurched |
Future
| I | will lurch |
| you | will lurch |
| he;she;it | will lurch |
| we | will lurch |
| you | will lurch |
| they | will lurch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lurched |
| you | will have lurched |
| he;she;it | will have lurched |
| we | will have lurched |
| you | will have lurched |
| they | will have lurched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lurch |
| you | lurch |
| he;she;it | lurch |
| we | lurch |
| you | lurch |
| they | lurch |
Perfect
| I | have lurched |
| you | have lurched |
| he;she;it | have lurched |
| we | have lurched |
| you | have lurched |
| they | have lurched |
Imperfect
| I | lurched |
| you | lurched |
| he;she;it | lurched |
| we | lurched |
| you | lurched |
| they | lurched |
Pluperfect
| I | had lurched |
| you | had lurched |
| he;she;it | had lurched |
| we | had lurched |
| you | had lurched |
| they | had lurched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lurch |
| you | would lurch |
| he;she;it | would lurch |
| we | would lurch |
| you | would lurch |
| they | would lurch |
Perfect
| I | would have lurched |
| you | would have lurched |
| he;she;it | would have lurched |
| we | would have lurched |
| you | would have lurched |
| they | would have lurched |
Imperative
| you | lurch |
| we | Let's lurch |
| you | lurch |
Verbs conjugated like 'lurch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'lurch'
lunch,
arch,
birch,
bunch,
church,
clutch,
culch,
dutch,
Dutch,
glutch,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Originally a nautical term, found in lee-larches (“the sudden and violent rolls of a ship to the leeward in high seas”), of unknown origin. Possibly the same as lurch (“to move stealthily, evade by stooping”) (see below), or from French lâcher (“to let go”). See: French '
lâcher'.
Sample Sentences
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It occurred to me there was no time to lose, and dodging the boom as it once more lurched across the deck, I slipped aft and down the companion stairs into the cabin. [1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Strike the Jolly Roger”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:]
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The incident made it think, apparently, that the neighborhood was dangerous, for it slowly lurched off through the wood, followed by its mate and its three enormous infants. [1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:]
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Number One lurched forward, his arms outstretched toward the horror stricken girl. [1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 3, in The Monster Men, published 1929:]
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He was looking for trouble. He lurched against a table at which three soldiers were sitting and knocked over a glass of beer. [1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XLVII, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:]