What part of speech is crouches?

Crouches can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. crouches is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of crouch (infinitive).
  • 2. crouches is a noun, plural of crouch.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does crouches mean?

Definitions

Verb

crouch - 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"
crouch - sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"

Noun

crouch - the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

Examples of crouches

#   Sentence  
1. noun If you just crouch a little, her crotch can just be seen flicking in and out of sight.
2. noun If you just crouch a little, the signal flag can just be seen flicking in and out of sight.
3. noun Here, with her hundred daughters, pale with dread, / poor Hecuba and all her female train, / as doves, that from the low'ring storm have fled, / and cower for shelter from the pelting rain, / crouch round the silent gods, and cling to them in vain.
4. noun You need to crouch to reach the book under the sofa.
5. noun You can only see it if you crouch down here and look through this hole.
6. noun If you just crouch a little, her crotch can just be seen flicking in and out of sight.
7. noun If you just crouch a little, the signal flag can just be seen flicking in and out of sight.
8. noun Here, with her hundred daughters, pale with dread, / poor Hecuba and all her female train, / as doves, that from the low'ring storm have fled, / and cower for shelter from the pelting rain, / crouch round the silent gods, and cling to them in vain.
9. noun You need to crouch to reach the book under the sofa.
10. noun You can only see it if you crouch down here and look through this hole.
11. verb Crouch down here like this, but do it theatrically and don't say, "Rhubarb."
12. verb Crouch down here like this, but do it theatrically and don't say, "Rhubarb."
Sentence  
noun
If you just crouch a little, her crotch can just be seen flicking in and out of sight.
If you just crouch a little, the signal flag can just be seen flicking in and out of sight.
Here, with her hundred daughters, pale with dread, / poor Hecuba and all her female train, / as doves, that from the low'ring storm have fled, / and cower for shelter from the pelting rain, / crouch round the silent gods, and cling to them in vain.
You need to crouch to reach the book under the sofa.
You can only see it if you crouch down here and look through this hole.
If you just crouch a little, her crotch can just be seen flicking in and out of sight.
If you just crouch a little, the signal flag can just be seen flicking in and out of sight.
Here, with her hundred daughters, pale with dread, / poor Hecuba and all her female train, / as doves, that from the low'ring storm have fled, / and cower for shelter from the pelting rain, / crouch round the silent gods, and cling to them in vain.
You need to crouch to reach the book under the sofa.
You can only see it if you crouch down here and look through this hole.
verb
Crouch down here like this, but do it theatrically and don't say, "Rhubarb."
Crouch down here like this, but do it theatrically and don't say, "Rhubarb."

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