crouch

Meaning

1. 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. To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility.

squat

stoop

scrunch up

stoop down

bending over

sit on one’s heels

be overwhelmed

lie hidden

prostrate oneself

fall into swoon

lie on one’s stomach

press into

crouch start

be huddled up

flex the legs

bent over

lie prone

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹaʊt͡ʃ/

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.

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