crouch

crouch  (krouch)

v. crouched, crouch·ing, crouch·es

v.intr.

1.

a. To stoop, especially with the knees bent: crouched over the grate, searching for his keys.

b. To press the entire body close to the ground with the limbs bent: a cat crouching near its prey.

2. To bend servilely or timidly; cringe.

v.tr.

To bend (the head or knee, for example) low, as in fear or humility.

n.

The act or posture of bending low or crouching.

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[Middle English crouchen, probably from Old North French *crouchir, to become bent, variant of Old French crochir, from croche, hook; see crochet.]

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crouch [kraʊtʃ]

vb

1. (intr) to bend low with the limbs pulled up close together, esp (of an animal) in readiness to pounce

2. (intr) to cringe, as in humility or fear

3. (tr) to bend (parts of the body), as in humility or fear

n

the act of stooping or bending

[perhaps from Old French crochir to become bent like a hook, from croche hook]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crouch - the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body bending - the act of bending something
Verb	1.	crouch - bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse" stoop, bend, bow bend, flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend" squinch - crouch down cower, huddle - crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain"
	2.	crouch - sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" hunker, hunker down, scrunch up, squat, scrunch sit, sit down - be seated

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crouch

verb bend down, kneel, squat, stoop, bow, duck, hunch A man was crouching behind the bushes.

Translations

crouch [kraʊtʃ] VI (also crouch down) [person] → agacharse, ponerse en cuclillas; [animal] → agazaparse

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crouch [ˈkraʊtʃ] vi

(also crouch down) (= squat down) [person] → s'accroupir; (in order to hide) [person, animal] → se tapir

[animal] (before attacking) → se ramasser

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crouch

vi → sich zusammenkauern, kauern; to crouch down → sich niederkauern

n → Hocke f; (of animal) → Kauerstellung f

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crouch [kraʊtʃ] vi (also crouch down) (person, animal) → accucciarsi, accovacciarsi, acquattarsi

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crouch [kraʊtʃ] vi (also crouch down) (person, animal) → accucciarsi, accovacciarsi, acquattarsi

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crouch

v crouch [krautʃ]

1 to stand with the knees well bent; to squat He crouched behind the bush. hurk, buk, kruip يَجْثُـم навеждам се krčit se sidde på hug hocken στέκομαι με τα πόδια καλά λυγισμένα agacharse, ponerse/estar en cuclillas kükitama کز کردن؛ چمباتمه زدن kyykkiä s'accroupir לְהִתכּוֹפֵף दुबक के बैठना čučnuti, čučati leguggol jongkok sitja á hækjum sínum accucciarsi かがむ 쭈구리다 tupėti, pritūpti pietupties; tupēt membongkok kurken huke seg ned, sitte sammenkrøket przykucnąć agachar-se a sta pe vine сидеть на корточках krčiť sa počeniti čučnuti huka sig, krypa ihop ย่อตัวลง çömelmek 蹲下 присідати; сидіти навпочіпки جهكنا، دبكنا، گهات مي‍ں بی‍ٹ‍هنا gập mình 蹲伏

2 (of animals) to lie close to the ground, in fear, readiness for action etc The tiger was crouching ready to spring on its prey. gehurkte, bukkende يَلْبِدُ ، يرقُدُ استعدادا للهُجوم лежа на земята, готов да скоча (při)krčit se ligge på spring sich ducken συσπειρώνομαι για να επιτεθώ (για ζώο) agazaparse, agacharse küüru tõmbuma خود را جمع کردن kyyristellä se tapir לְהִתכּוֹפֵף गिड़गिड़ाना čučati (meg)lapul mendekam hnipra sig saman acquattarsi うずくまる 웅크리다 glūdoti, tūnoti pieplakt (pie zemes) mendekam ineenduiken sitte/ligge på spranget przypaść do ziemi, gotować się do skoku agachar-se a se ghemui припадать к земле prikrčiť sa prihuliti se skupiti se ligga (sitta, stå) hopkrupen หมอบ yere yapışmak (動物)匍伏 припадати до землі جانوروں كا گهات مي‍ں بی‍ٹ‍هنا thu mình （动物）因害怕而蜷缩于地准备行动

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crouch → يَرْبِض přikrčit (se) krybe sammen ducken (sich) κάθομαι ανακούρκουδα agacharse, ponerse en cuclillas kyyristyä s’accroupir čučnuti accovacciarsi うずくまる 웅크리다 hurken huke (seg) ned przykucnąć agachar-se наклоняться huka (sig) ner หมอบลง çömelmek cúi xuống 蹲下