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crouch

 
Noun crouch has 1 sense
  1. crouch - the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
    --1 is a kind of
    bending
    Derived form: verb crouch1
Verb crouch has 2 senses
  1. crouch, stoop, bend, bow - 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"
    --1 is one way to bend, flex
    Derived form: noun crouch1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down - sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
    --2 is one way to sit, sit down
    Sample sentences:
    The children crouch in the rocking chair
    There crouch some children in the rocking chair
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