| VERB | motion | crouch, stoop, bend, bow | bend one's back forward from the waist on down |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | crouch, squat, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down | sit on one's heels | |
| NOUN | act | crouch | the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body |
| Sounds | kraw'ch | |
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| Rhymes | couch ... vouch: 7 rhymes with awch... | |
| Meaning | The act of bending low with the limbs close to the body. | |
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| Broader | bending | The act of bending something |
| Catalan | ajupir-se | |
| Verbs | crouch | bend one's back forward from the waist on down |
| Meaning | bend one's back forward from the waist on down. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "he crouched down" | |
| Synonyms | stoop, bend, bow | |
| Entails | change posture | Undergo a change in bodily posture |
| Narrower | huddle, cower | crouch or curl up |
| squinch | crouch down | |
| Broader | bend, flex | form a curve |
| Spanish | agachar, inclinarse, inclinar | |
| Catalan | corbar-se, encorbar-se, inclinar-se, inclinar | |
| Nouns | crouch | the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body |
| Meaning | Sit on one's heels. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children crouch in the rocking chair; There crouch some children in the rocking chair | |
| Synonyms | squat, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down | |
| Broader | sit, sit down | Be seated |
| Spanish | acuclillarse, acurrucarse, agacharse, agachar, ponerse de cuclillas | |
| Catalan | aclofar-se, acotxar-se, ajupir-se, arraulir-se, arrupir-se, posar-se a la gatzoneta | |
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