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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crouch \Crouch\ (krouch; 129), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crouched} (kroucht); p. pr & vb n. {Crouching}.] [OE. cruchen crouchen, crouken; cf E. creep, G. krauchen kriechen or E. crook to bend, also crouch to cross.] 1. To bend down to stoop low to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear. Now crouch like a cur. --Beau. & Fl 2. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. ``A crouching purpose.'' --Wordsworth. Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor? --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crouched \Crouched\ (kroucht), a. Marked with the sign of the cross. [Obs.] {Crouched friar}. See {Crutched friar}, under {Crutched}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crouched adj : squatting close to the ground; "poorly clothed men huddled low against the wind"; "he stayed in the ditch hunkered down" [syn: {crouching}, {huddled}, {hunkered}, {hunkered down}]
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