crouch
[verb]
Synonyms: bend down, bow, duck, hunch, kneel, squat, stoop

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Related Words: bend, bow, dip, duck, hunker (down), quat, squat, stoop, swat, cower, cringe, flinch, quail, wince, grovel

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

crouch /kraʊtʃ/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Perhaps from Old French crochir 'to become hook-shaped', from croche; ⇒ crochet]

1. (also crouch down) to lower your body close to the ground by bending your knees completely ⇒ squat:
He crouched in the shadows near the doorway.
Paula crouched down and held her hands out to the fire.

2. to bend over something so that you are very near to it ⇒ lean
crouch over
a young girl crouched over a book
—crouch noun [countable]:
She dropped to the ground in a crouch.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

crouch
verb
ADV. low The hare crouches low on the ground.
down We crouched down to avoid being seen.
PREP. behind crouching behind the sofa
over They crouched over the dead animal.

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