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Defenition of the word crouch

    • Defenition of the word crouch

      • To lower one's body close to the ground by bending one's knees completely.
      • To bend one's back forward.
      • the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
      • bend one's back as in fear or deference; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"
      • sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"
      • sit on one''s heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
      • 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"
      • sit on one's heels
      • bend one's back forward from the waist on down

    Synonyms for the word crouch

      • bend
      • bend down
      • bend over
      • bow
      • duck
      • hunker down
      • scrunch
      • scrunch up
      • squat
      • stoop

    Similar words in the crouch

      • crouch
      • crouched
      • crouches
      • crouching
      • stoop to

    Hyponyms for the word crouch

      • cower
      • huddle
      • squinch

    Hypernyms for the word crouch

      • bend
      • bending
      • flection
      • flex
      • flexion
      • inflection
      • sit
      • sit down
      • surname

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