squattedadj.
/ˈskwɒtɪd/ 1. Pressed down, crushed.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [adjective] > made broad and flat > by pressure
squat1600
quasheda1652
squatteda1678
squelched1837
squashed1856
squeegeed1904
a1678 A. Marvell Wks. (1786) III. 215 The nightingale..adorns With music high the squatted thorns.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > having or resembling a footstalk > not having a footstalk or sessile
sessile1753
squatted1760
subsessile1760
sitting1776
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xix. 49 A Compound Flower is an aggregate one, comprehending many Florets that are sessile, squatted, or without Peduncles.
3. Settled down in a squatting posture.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > [adjective]
quatc1425
hurkling?a1513
hurkled1567
squat1582
crouchanta1593
crouching1600
couchant1693
squatted1818
squatting1871
scrooched1885
1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 16 To surprise The squatted hare while in half sleeping fit.
1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt iii. 36 A squatted covey, taken by surprise, will often rise singly or in pairs.
4. Occupied by squatters. Also with in.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [adjective] > occupied by squatters
squatted1963
1963 S. Cooper in M. Sissons & P. French Age of Austerity 46 The squatted-in camps were..a useful temporary stopgap for the housing problem.
1973 Guardian 5 Mar. 6/4 Everyone dropped in on another squatted house.
1975 Time Out 25 July 5/4 Islington Council is currently threatening to have electricity and gas supplies cut off to dozens of squatted houses in Finsbury Park.
1981 Times 14 July 2/4 According to Mrs Jean Styles..only two flats are empty and two ‘squatted’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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