crouch
verb/kraʊtʃ/
/kraʊtʃ/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they crouch | /kraʊtʃ/ /kraʊtʃ/ |
| he / she / it crouches | /ˈkraʊtʃɪz/ /ˈkraʊtʃɪz/ |
| past simple crouched | /kraʊtʃt/ /kraʊtʃt/ |
| past participle crouched | /kraʊtʃt/ /kraʊtʃt/ |
| -ing form crouching | /ˈkraʊtʃɪŋ/ /ˈkraʊtʃɪŋ/ |
- (+ adv./prep.) to put your body close to the ground by bending your legs under you synonym squat
- He crouched down beside her.
- Doyle crouched behind a hedge.
Extra Examples- She was crouching behind the sofa.
- The hare crouches low on the ground.
- We crouched down to avoid being seen.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- low
- down
- behind
- over
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps from Old French crochir ‘be bent’, from croche ‘crozier, shepherd's crook’, based on Old Norse krókr ‘hook’.Definitions on the go
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