crouch

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
2. (intransitive) To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility.

Noun

A bent or stooped position.

Noun

A cross.

Concepts

s’accroupir

se tapir

être accroupi

se recroqueviller

accroupir

se blottir

boxer recroquevillé

arc

🙇

s'accroupir

baisser

blottir

courber

perron

se baisser

Synonymes

squat

stoop

bend down

bend

cower

lurk

bow

🙇

hunker

cringe

hunch

scrunch

hunker down

scrunch up

stoop down

bending over

grovel

bow down

kowtow

sit on one’s heels

crawl

lie down

lower

lie low

prostrate

shrink

shrivel

sit

🪑

squinch

be overwhelmed

wimple

wrinkle

crimple

lie hidden

prostrate oneself

fall into swoon

lie on one’s stomach

press into

crouch start

be huddled up

flex the legs

bend over

bent over

cluster

cockle

conceal

contract

creep

crinkle

crumple

cuddle

Traductions

agacharse

hocken

hurken

kauern

agachar-se

accovacciarsi

agachar

chinarsi

inchinarsi

sich ducken

ponerse en cuclillas

inclinar

çömelmek

in elkaar duiken

sich hocken

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɹaʊt͡ʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: crouchen

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: kroken

In summary

From Middle English crouchen (“to bend, crouch”), variant of croken (“to bend, crook”), from crok (“crook, hook”), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“wicker, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind, weave”). Compare Middle Dutch krōken (“to crook, curl”). More at crook.