Crouch
[kraʊtʃ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body.
(verb.) 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'.
Edited by Dinah--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
(v. t.) To sign with the cross; to bless.
(v. t.) To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.
Inputed by Joanna
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Couch, squat, lie flat, stoop low, lie close to the ground.[2]. Cower, cringe, fawn, truckle.
Typist: Terrence
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CRINGE_and_COWER]
Editor: Pasquale
Definition
v.i. to squat or lie close to the ground: to cringe: to fawn.
Editor: Sasha
Examples
- They dared not look over the wall, for fear of being seen; they were obliged to crouch behind it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They saw Pablo crouch and fire another burst. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- When he slept he seemed to crouch down in the bed, lapped up in his own strength, that yet was hollow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It threw a livid, unnatural circle upon the floor, while in the shadows beyond we saw the vague loom of two figures which crouched against the wall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- As he saw his mate go down he crouched, and, with a low snarl, sprang upon the captain crushing him to his knees with a single mighty blow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- And when it tore him he crouched in silent subjection under it, and when it left him alone again, he refused to know of it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The girl looked up from the low seat on which she crouched, and listened too. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- That night Kulonga slept in the crotch of a mighty tree and far above him crouched Tarzan of the Apes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Not thirty paces behind the two she crouched--Sabor, the huge lioness--lashing her tail. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Anselmo held the wire in his hand, his right hand, and he crouched behind the stone marker and looked down the road and across the bridge. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A little further on, I passed the boy crouching for shelter under the lee of the sand hills. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Those two men might still be crouching in the doorway, but I could no longer see them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was amazing through how many hours at a time she would remain beside him, in a crouching attitude, attentive to his slightest moan. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He did not like this crouching, this radiance--not altogether. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Now, in groping my way down the black staircase I fell over something, and that something was a man crouching in a corner. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Hush,' said Sam, swinging himself on to the wall, and crouching there in as small a compass as he could reduce himself to, 'only me, miss, only me. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And suddenly the rabbit, which had been crouching as if it were a flower, so still and soft, suddenly burst into life. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When I fire if the man is sitting down he will stand up before he runs or crouches. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She crouches on the parapet outside for hours and hours. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Sallust