S: (v) 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"
S: (v) 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"