Verb

• 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"
• S: (v) hunker down (take shelter) "During the sandstorm, they hunkered down in a small hut"
• S: (v) hunker down (hold stubbornly to a position) "The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down"