| NOUN | artifact | squinch | a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | motion | squinch | crouch down |
| motion | squinch, flinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail | draw back, as with fear or pain | |
| body | squinch, squint | cross one's eyes as if in strabismus |
| Meaning | A small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire). | |
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| Narrower | trumpet arch | A conical squinch |
| Broader | arch | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it |
| Spanish | trompa | |
| Catalan | trompa | |
| Meaning | crouch down. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Broader | crouch, stoop, bend, bow | bend one's back forward from the waist on down |
| Spanish | agacharse | |
| Catalan | abaixar, aclofar-se, acotar, ajupir-se, arraulir-se | |
| Meaning | draw back, as with fear or pain. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | flinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail | |
| Narrower | shrink back, retract | pull away from a source of disgust or fear |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | contraerse, encogerse, reaccionar, recular, retroceder | |
| Catalan | acovardir-se, contreure's, encongir-se, recular, retrocedir | |
| Meaning | cross one's eyes as if in strabismus. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | squint | |
| Broader | grimace, make a face, pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state |
| Spanish | entornar | |
| Catalan | mig aclucar | |
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