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squatting

 
Noun squatting has 2 senses
  1. knee bend, squat, squatting - exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position; strengthens the leg muscles
    --1 is a kind of leg exercise
  2. squat, squatting - the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position
    --2 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
    Derived form: verb squat1
Verb squat has 3 senses
  1. 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
    Derived forms: noun squat3, noun squat1, noun squatting2
    Sample sentences:
    The children squat in the rocking chair
    There squat some children in the rocking chair
  2. squat - be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low"
    --2 is one way to
    be
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  3. squat - occupy (a dwelling) illegally
    --3 is one way to
    occupy, reside, lodge in
    Derived form: noun squatter2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
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