| VERB | motion | change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture |
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| Meaning | Undergo a change in bodily posture. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Entailed by | crouch, stoop, bend, bow | bend one's back forward from the waist on down |
| Narrower | arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up | Rise to one's feet |
| bow | bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting | |
| fall | Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position | |
| fall, fall down | Lose an upright position suddenly | |
| hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over | Round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward | |
| lie down, lie | assume a reclining position | |
| right | regain an upright or proper position | |
| sink, drop, drop down | fall or descend to a lower place or level | |
| sit down, sit | Take a seat / seat / seat | |
| sit up | change to an upright sitting position | |
| straighten, unbend | straighten up or out | |
| straighten | get up from a sitting or slouching position | |
| uncurl | Move out of a curled position | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Spanish | cambiar de postura | |
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