Synonyms for crouch
kraʊtʃcrouch

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1. crouchverb

   the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

2. crouch, stoop, bend, bowverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   turn, accede, bow, scrunch up, defer, twist, bend, hunker down, condescend, bow down, hunker, stoop, deform, scrunch, flex, turn away, deflect, give in, lower oneself, squat, submit

3. squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker downverb

   sit on one's heels

   "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"

   Synonyms:
   crump, scrunch up, crisp, bow, crease, stoop, hunker, crinkle, hunker down, bend, scrunch, thud, ruckle, squat, wrinkle

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1. crouchverb

   Synonyms:
   couch, squat, lie flat, stoop low, lie close to the ground

2. crouchverb

   Synonyms:
   cower, cringe, fawn, truckle

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1. crouchverb

   Synonyms:
   squat, couch, stoop, cringe, fawn, truckle

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1. List of paraphrases for "crouch":

   kneel

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How to use crouch in a sentence?

1. Sid Sid:

   I'd rather look like him than Peter Crouch, for example, people stopped me, saying 'come over here, this is Maradona - look, it's Maradona' and I thought it was a joke but then it spiralled everywhere.

2. Angela Carter:

   The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul -- enormous breasts, pathetic little willies, a final revenge on Islam. I was so scared I had to crouch in the bottom of the boat when I saw it.

3. Derby County fan:

   I shall wear my Maradona top when things have died down a little bit, assuming we beat them. If we lose, I won't be wearing it for a week or two because I'll probably get mugged, i'd rather look like him than Peter Crouch, for example.

4. Samuel Adams:

   Comtemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen and then ask yourself, What should be the reward of such sacrifices... If ye love wealth better than freedom, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands that feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.

5. Elizabeth Warren:

   It comes to you, New Hampshire, to decide, when there's this much fear, when there is this much on the line, do we crouch down, do we cower, do we back up, or do we fight back?