crouch

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
bending

II - verb

1. bend one's back forward from the waist on down (Freq. 9)
- he crouched down
- She bowed before the Queen
- The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
• Syn:
stoop, bend, bow
• See Also:
stoop to (for: stoop)
• Derivationally related forms:
bow (for: bow), stoop (for: stoop), stooper (for: stoop)
• Hypernyms:
bend, flex
• Hyponyms:
squinch, huddle, cower
• Entailment:
change posture
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. sit on one's heels (Freq. 7)
- In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
- The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm
• Syn:
squat, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
• Derivationally related forms:
squat (for: squat), squatting (for: squat)
• Hypernyms:
sit, sit down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- The children crouch in the rocking chair
- There crouch some children in the rocking chair

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  squat, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down, stoop, bend, bow