Crouch

Word CROUCH
Character 6
Hyphenation crouch
Pronunciations /kɹaʊt͡ʃ/

Definitions and meanings of "Crouch"

What do we mean by crouch?

To stoop, especially with the knees bent. intransitive verb

To press the entire body close to the ground with the limbs bent. intransitive verb

To bend servilely or timidly; cringe. intransitive verb

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

The act or posture of bending low or crouching. noun

A cross; a crucifix; the sign of the cross; the cross on a coin, or the coin itself. See cross, n. noun

To sign with the cross; bless.

To bend; stoop low; lie or stoop close to the ground, as an animal in preparing to spring or from fear: as, a dog crouches to his master, a lion crouches in the thicket.

To bow or stoop servilely; make slavish obeisance; fawn; cringe.

To bend or cause to bend low, as if for concealment, or in fear or abasement.

To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear. intransitive verb

To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. intransitive verb

To sign with the cross; to bless. transitive verb

To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear. transitive verb

A cross. noun

To sign with the cross; bless. verb

To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear. verb

To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. verb

To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear. verb

A bent or stooped position.

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The word "crouch" in example sentences

Refusing to call them on their bullshit, to hector them at every turn, to refute them at every opportunity, and to emerge from that defensive crouch is a sign of weakness that can be done without. cyates Says: ❋ Unknown (2007)

His crouch was a gathering together, an assembling of all the parts of him under the rule of the spirit of him, for the spring upward to meet in mid career this monstrous, menacing thing. ❋ Jack London (1896)

"Just call the crouch, touch, pause, engage, and don't try to coach us," was Tialata's plea. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Although the NWS has, indeed, recommended the "crouch" as a last resort, the NWS's lightning expert himself, John Jensenius, told me that the advantage is slight -- not as great as some NWS websites imply. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This part of the tunnel, again, you have to kind of crouch down. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But when Tabu-Tabu put up his hands after the most approved method of self-defense and dropped into a "crouch," ❋ Gordon [Illustrator] Grant (1918)

Such men can "crouch" with impunity, there is no one to run them down and no law to punish them. ❋ Unknown (1863)

If out in the open, squat out in a low-lying area on the tips of your toes in a "crouch" position, away from other people (electrical current can jump from one person or object to another). ❋ Unknown (2009)

"What's impressed me the most is that the folks have not gotten into a kind of crouch position," he said.

The Avatars walked in a crouch, watching every angle. ❋ H-M Brown (2011)

Through a narrow slit I saw her crouch near me, a tear or two in her eye. ❋ James Claffey (2011)

The woman reaches down, closes the door behind us, and I find that the place where the door once gaped has become indistinguishable from the marble floor that we crouch on. ❋ Hugh Barlow (2011)

The priestesses walked in a crouch down through different streets maintaining a visual of each other at each intersection. ❋ H-M Brown (2012)

On cold days she would spread a double page on the floor and crouch beside it like a cat, warming her bottom by the gas fire, frowning over her specs. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It reminds me of our bomb drills at Riverside Elementary School in Cleveland, how we had to crouch below our desks when the special bell rang. ❋ Mira Bartók (2011)

“How would you like to spend two days in a crouch?” ❋ Rebecca Burns (2011)

In a crouch she stood off the couch and moved to kneel at Terry's feet, never taking her hand off the bag of ice. ❋ Curtis Silver (2012)

Cicadas perform their shimmering swell, males vibrating their ribbed abdominals while females crouch and click. ❋ Susan Rukeyser (2011)

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