Noun

• S: (n) crouch (crouch%1:04:00::) (the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body)

Verb

• S: (v) crouch (crouch%2:38:00::), stoop (stoop%2:38:00::), bend (bend%2:38:03::), bow (bow%2:38:01::) (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"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• entailment
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• phrasal verb
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• Somebody ----s
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• S: (v) squat (squat%2:35:00::), crouch (crouch%2:35:00::), scrunch (scrunch%2:35:02::), scrunch up (scrunch_up%2:35:01::), hunker (hunker%2:35:00::), hunker down (hunker_down%2:35:00::) (sit on one's heels) "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"