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[ verb ] bend one's back forward from the waist on down

Synonyms

stoop bend bow

Examples

"he crouched down" "She bowed before the Queen" "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

Used in print

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

We came_down off the wall as if he had toppled all_of us , and we crouched behind it .

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

Beyond that misty gray of the rain , he saw the stretching hutment , low diminutive log_cabins , chinked with mud , with doorways a man would have_to crouch to get through , with roofs of tenting laid_over boughs or boards from hardtack boxes , or fence_rails , with cranky chimneys of sticks and dried mud .

He thought_of Simms_Purdew snoring on his bunk while Pullen_James crouched by the hearth , skirmishing an undershirt for lice , and a wet log sizzled .

(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)

He was crouched over his anvil in the courtyard getting his chisels into trim , when a splinter of steel flew into his eye and imbedded itself in his pupil .

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

The colonel crouched tensely on one of the folding_chairs , methodically tearing at his thumbnail .

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[ verb ] sit on one's heels

Examples

"In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting" "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"

Used in print

(Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)

After he 'd got_out fresh liver for Bast , he paused to look at her crouched daintily over her dish .

Related terms

sit squat

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[ noun ] the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

Used in print

(Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)

`` All_right , Crouch ; we 're on even terms .

Related terms

bend

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1209
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