crouch
crouch /kraʊtʃ/ verb [intransitive]
دولا شدن، قوز کردن (از ترس وسرما)
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Synonyms & Related Wordscrouch[verb]Synonyms: bend down, bow, duck, hunch, kneel, squat, stoop
Related Words: bend,
bow,
dip,
duck,
hunker (down),
quat,
squat,
stoop,
swat,
cower,
cringe,
flinch,
quail,
wince,
grovel [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionarycrouch /kraʊtʃ/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1300-1400;
Origin: Perhaps from Old French crochir 'to become hook-shaped', from croche; ⇒ crochet]
1. (
also crouch down) to lower your body close to the ground by bending your knees completely ⇒
squat:
He crouched in the shadows near the doorway. Paula crouched down and held her hands out to the fire.2. to bend over something so that you are very near to it ⇒
leancrouch over a young girl crouched over a book—crouch noun [countable]:
She dropped to the ground in a crouch. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationscrouch verb ADV. low The hare crouches low on the ground.
down We crouched down to avoid being seen. PREP. behind crouching behind the sofa
over They crouched over the dead animal. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲