Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crouched"
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) 1.7 (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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