NOUN | artifact | squinch | a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire) |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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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