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crouch

Nouns

• (n) the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

Verbs

• (v) bend one's back forward from the waist on down
  • he crouched down
  • She bowed before the Queen
  • The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
  stoop, bend, bow,
• (v) sit on one's heels
  • In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
  • The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm
  hunker, hunker down, scrunch up, squat, scrunch,

Synonyms

stoop bend bow hunker hunker down scrunch up squat scrunch

See also

stoop to

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