Thesaurus: crouch
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.
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Definitions
- v. i. 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.
- v. i. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
- v. t. To sign with the cross; to bless.
- v. t. To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.
- n. the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
- v. bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- v. sit on one's heels
- n:10/v:90 n. the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body v. bend one's back forward from the waist on down