Crouch

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To stoop, especially with the knees bent.
  • intransitive verb. To press the entire body close to the ground with the limbs bent.
  • intransitive verb. To bend servilely or timidly; cringe.
  • intransitive verb. To bend (the head or knee, for example) low, as in fear or humility.
  • noun. The act or posture of bending low or crouching.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A cross; a crucifix; the sign of the cross; the cross on a coin, or the coin itself. See cross, n.
  • To bend; stoop low; lie or stoop close to the ground, as an animal in preparing to spring or from fear: as, a dog crouches to his master, a lion crouches in the thicket.
  • To bow or stoop servilely; make slavish obeisance; fawn; cringe.
  • To bend or cause to bend low, as if for concealment, or in fear or abasement.
  • To sign with the cross; bless.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To sign with the cross; to bless.
  • transitive verb. To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.
  • intransitive verb. To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.
  • intransitive verb. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A cross.
  • verb. To sign with the cross; bless.
  • verb. To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.
  • verb. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
  • verb. To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.
  • noun. A bent or stooped position.
  • noun. A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it is pressed causes a video game character to crouch.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
  • verb. sit on one's heels
  • verb. bend one's back forward from the waist on down
  • Word Usage
    "Refusing to call them on their bullshit, to hector them at every turn, to refute them at every opportunity, and to emerge from that defensive crouch is a sign of weakness that can be done without. cyates Says:"
    cross-reference
    cringe  stoop  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bending  sit  sit down  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bouche  couch  fouch  grouch  ouch  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pose  posture  snarl  stance  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form