About The Word Crouch
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Crouch
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What's The Definition Of Crouch?
[n] the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
[v] sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting" [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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Crouch: bend | bow | hunker down | scrunch | scrunch up | squat | stoop Related Terms | Find terms related to Crouch: bend | bend the knee | bend the neck | bend to | bob | bootlick | bow | bow and scrape | bow down | bow to | couch | cower | crawl | creep | cringe | cringe to | crouch before | curtsy | dip | do homage | do obeisance | duck | fawn | flatter | flinch | genuflect | genuflection | get down | grovel | huddle | hug the earth | hunch | hunch down | hunker down | kneel | kneel to | kneeling | knuckle to | kowtow | lick the dust | lickspittle | lie low | lie prone | lie prostrate | lie under | nod | obeisance | prostration | quail | reverence | salaam | scrouch down | skulk | slink | sneak | squat | stoop | supination | swat | toadeat | toady | truckle | truckle to | underlie | wallow | welter | wince See Also | bending | change posture | cower | flex | huddle | sit | sit down | squinch | stoop to Crouch In Webster's Dictionary \Crouch\ (krouch; 129), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crouched}
(kroucht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crouching}.] [OE. cruchen,
crouchen, crouken; cf. E. creep, G. krauchen, kriechen, or E.
crook to bend, also crouch to cross.]
1. 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.
Now crouch like a cur. --Beau. & Fl.
2. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
``A crouching purpose.'' --Wordsworth.
Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor?
--Shak.
\Crouch\, v. t. [OE. cruchen, crouchen, from cruche, crouche, cross. Cf. {Crosier}, {Crook}.] 1. To sign with the cross; to bless. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear. She folded her arms across her chest, And crouched her head upon her breast. --Colerige. |
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