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crouch
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- pronunciation:
- kraUch
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
inflections: |
crouches, crouching, crouched |
definition 1: |
to lower the body close to the ground by bending the legs, as an animal about to pounce or a human preparing to run in a race.
The thief crouched behind a chair when he heard someone enter the room.
- synonyms:
- hunker, scrooch, squat, stoop
- similar words:
- bend, bow, cower, duck, huddle, kneel, lean
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definition 2: |
to bend down; stoop low.
- synonyms:
- bend, hunker, scrooch, squat, stoop
- similar words:
- bow, duck, incline, lean
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definition 3: |
to lower one's body as a servile gesture; cringe.
- synonyms:
- bend, cringe, grovel, stoop
- similar words:
- bow, bow and scrape, cower, shrink, truckle
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related words: |
kowtow, stoop |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition: |
a lowering of the body by crouching.
- synonyms:
- squat, stoop
- similar words:
- bend
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