| VERB | contact | squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down | sit on one's heels |
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| stative | squat | be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide | |
| stative | squat | occupy (a dwelling) illegally | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | squat, chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy | short and thick |
| all | squat, underslung | having a low center of gravity | |
| NOUN | act | squat, knee bend, squatting | exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent |
| quantity | squat, jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, shit | a small worthless amount | |
| act | squat, squatting | the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels |
| Sounds | skwaa't | |
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| Rhymes | aforethought ... yacht: 79 rhymes with aat... | |
| Meaning | short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature. | |
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| Synonyms | chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy | |
| Broader | short, little | Low in stature |
| Spanish | achaparrado, chaparro, gordo, grueso, rechoncho, regordete | |
| Catalan | rabassut, rodanxó | |
| Nouns | squatness | the property of being short and broad |
| Meaning | Having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground. | |
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| Synonym | underslung | |
| Broader | low | Literal meanings |
| Spanish | achaparrado, rechoncho | |
| Nouns | squatness | the property of being short and broad |
| Meaning | Exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles. | |
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| Synonyms | knee bend, squatting | |
| Broader | leg exercise | Exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles |
| Spanish | flexión de rodilla | |
| Catalan | moviment okupa | |
| Verbs | squat | sit on one's heels |
| Meaning | A small worthless amount. | |
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| Synonyms | jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, shit | |
| Broader | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
| Spanish | diarrea | |
| Meaning | The act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels. | |
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| Synonym | squatting | |
| Broader | motion, movement, move, motility | A change of position that does not entail a change of location |
| Verbs | squat | sit on one's heels |
| Meaning | Sit on one's heels. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children squat in the rocking chair; There squat some children in the rocking chair | |
| Example | "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting" | |
| Synonyms | crouch, 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 | |
| Nouns | squat, squatting | the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels |
| squat | exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent | |
| Meaning | Be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The building squatted low" | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Meaning | Occupy (a dwelling) illegally. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Broader | occupy, reside, lodge in | Live (in a certain place) |
| Spanish | ocupar | |
| Nouns | squatter | someone who settles on land without right or title |
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