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Adjective hunkered down has 1 sense
- crouched, crouching, huddled, hunkered, hunkered down - squatting close to the ground; "poorly clothed men huddled low against the wind"; "he stayed in the ditch hunkered down"
Antonyms: erect, vertical, upright (indirect, via unerect)
Verb hunker down has 3 senses
- 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"
--1 is one way to sit, sit down
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- hunker down - take shelter; "During the sandstorm, they hunkered down in a small hut"
--2 is one way to hide, hide out
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- hunker down - hold stubbornly to a position; "The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down"
--3 is one way to stand pat, stand firm, hold firm, stand fast
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