crouch
crouch
kraƊƧ
krawch
/kɹˈa‍ʊt‍ʃ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "crouch"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāϏ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to sit on one's calves and move the chest close to one's knees
Intransitive: to crouch | to crouch somewhere
to crouch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She crouches down to pick up the fallen papers from the floor.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻšāύāĨ¤
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āύāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to bend the body forward and downward as a sign of respect, submission, or deference
Intransitive
to crouch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As a mark of respect, the martial arts students were taught to crouch before their sensei.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻžāϞ āφāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏ⧇āύāϏ⧇āχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āύāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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the action of bending low and drawing the body close to the ground

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cat assumed a crouch before pouncing.
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