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crouch
Overview of noun crouch
The noun crouch has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) crouch -- (the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body)
Overview of verb crouch
The verb crouch has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (9) crouch, stoop, bend, bow -- (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")
2. (7) squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down -- (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/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crouch
1 sense of crouch
Sense 1
crouch
=> bending
=> change of shape
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun crouch
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crouch
1 sense of crouch
Sense 1
crouch
=> bending
Antonyms of noun crouch
Member Holonyms of noun crouch
Substance Holonyms of noun crouch
Part Holonyms of noun crouch
Member Meronyms of noun crouch
Substance Meronyms of noun crouch
Part Meronyms of noun crouch
Meronyms of noun crouch
Holonyms of noun crouch
Attributes of noun crouch
Derived Forms of noun crouch
1 sense of crouch
Sense 1
crouch
RELATED TO>(verb) crouch#1
=> crouch, stoop, bend, bow
Domain of noun crouch
Domain Terms of noun crouch
Familiarity of noun crouch
crouch used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun crouch
1 sense of crouch
Sense 1
crouch
> bending
=> flexion, flexure
=> crouch
=> hunch
=> incurvation
Meronyms of noun crouch
1 sense of crouch
Holonyms of noun crouch
Grep of noun crouch
crouch
Antonyms of verb crouch
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb crouch
2 senses of crouch
Sense 1
crouch, stoop, bend, bow
=> bend, flex
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> change
Sense 2
squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
=> sit, sit down
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb crouch
1 of 2 senses of crouch
Sense 1
crouch, stoop, bend, bow
=> squinch
=> huddle, cower
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb crouch
2 senses of crouch
Sense 1
crouch, stoop, bend, bow
=> bend, flex
Sense 2
squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
=> sit, sit down
'Cause To' of verb crouch
Derived Forms of verb crouch
1 of 2 senses of crouch
Sense 1
crouch, stoop, bend, bow
RELATED TO>(noun) crouch#1
=> crouch
Domain of verb crouch
Domain Terms of verb crouch
Familiarity of verb crouch
crouch used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb crouch
2 senses of crouch
Sense 1
crouch, stoop, bend, bow
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
EX: The children crouch in the rocking chair
EX: There crouch some children in the rocking chair
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb crouch
2 senses of crouch
Sense 1
crouch, stoop, bend, bow
> bend, flex
=> crook, curve
=> arch, curve, arc
=> incurvate
=> retroflex, replicate
=> lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
=> crouch, stoop, bend, bow
=> double over, double, double up
=> fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
=> curl up, curl, draw in
Sense 2
squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
> sit, sit down
=> lounge
=> sprawl
=> perch, roost, rest
=> squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb crouch
Sense 1
crouch, stoop, bend, bow
=> bend, flex
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Sense 2
squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
=> sit, sit down
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Grep of verb crouch
crouch
Grep of adj crouch
crouched
crouching
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