crouchverb [ I ]
uk/kraʊtʃ/us/kraʊtʃ/to bend your knees and lower yourself so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly:
She saw him coming and crouched (down) behind a bush.
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Sitting and standing
- akimbo
- astride
- attention
- bestride
- cross-legged
- ease
- four
- plop
- plump (sb/sth) down
- rampant
- seated
- seating
- sit back
- sit sth out
- stand
- stand round
- strike
- take a pew! idiom
- take the weight off your feet/legs idiom
- weight
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Not holding the body upright
crouch
noun [ S ] ukus