āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to squat
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āϏā§āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻŦā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāϏāĻž
to go to a position in which the knees are bent and the back of thighs are touching or very close to one's heels
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The baseball catcher squatted behind the plate, ready to receive the pitcher's throw.
āĻŦā§āϏāĻŦāϞ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϞā§āĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞ, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻĨā§āϰ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤāĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻŦā§āϧāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž
to occupy a building or settle on a piece of land without the owner's permission or legal right
Intransitive: to squat somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The group of protesters decided to squat on the vacant lot to draw attention to the lack of affordable housing.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϏāύā§āϰ āĻ
āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŽāύā§āϝā§āĻ āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻ
āĻŦā§āϧ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
squat
01
āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋ, āĻŽā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞā§
short and broad in stature, often with a thick and sturdy build
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite his squat stature, he was incredibly strong and athletic.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§ āϏāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦā§āĻ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āϝāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻĨāϞā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
02
having a low center of gravity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Squat buildings are common in earthquake-prone areas.
01
a building or house occupied without the owner's permission or without paying rent
Dialect
British
02
an exercise performed by bending the knees and lowering the body to strengthen the legs
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Squats target the thighs and glutes.
03
the act of crouching or lowering the body with knees bent and buttocks near the heels
04
a very small or negligible amount
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She cared squat about the rumors.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
squatter
squatting
squat
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