Crouching can be categorized as a verb.
Adjective |
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| crouching - That crouches or crouch. | ||
Verb |
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| 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 |
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| crouching - The action of the verb crouch. |
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| 1. | verb | With bated breath and crouching figures they stumbled across the garden, and gained the shelter of the hedge, which they skirted until they came to the gap which opened into the cornfield. | |
| 2. | verb | He saw the old man and the young girl crouching over the blazing fire. | |
| 3. | verb | Barrymore was crouching at the window, with the candle held against the glass. | |
| 4. | verb | I stood alone, when lo, in Vesta's fane / I see Tyndarean Helen, crouching down. / Bright shone the blaze around me, as in vain / I tracked my comrades through the burning town. | |
| 5. | verb | In spite of the warm weather he was crouching over a fire, and the little room was like an oven. | |
| 6. | verb | Sami was crouching down. | |
| 7. | verb | A man was crouching at the window. I could see little of him, for he was gone like a flash. He was wrapped in some sort of cloak which came across the lower part of his face. One thing only I am sure of, and that is that he had some weapon in his hand. It looked to me like a long knife. I distinctly saw the gleam of it as he turned to run. | |
| 8. | verb | Then, crouching down, he rested the end of the barrel upon the ledge of the open window. | |
| 9. | verb | Tom tried crouching behind the slide, but his tail gave away his hiding spot. | |
| 10. | verb | Crouch down here like this, but do it theatrically and don't say, "Rhubarb." | |
| 11. | verb | Crouch down here like this, but do it theatrically and don't say, "Rhubarb." |
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| With bated breath and crouching figures they stumbled across the garden, and gained the shelter of the hedge, which they skirted until they came to the gap which opened into the cornfield. | |
| He saw the old man and the young girl crouching over the blazing fire. | |
| Barrymore was crouching at the window, with the candle held against the glass. | |
| I stood alone, when lo, in Vesta's fane / I see Tyndarean Helen, crouching down. / Bright shone the blaze around me, as in vain / I tracked my comrades through the burning town. | |
| In spite of the warm weather he was crouching over a fire, and the little room was like an oven. | |
| Sami was crouching down. | |
| A man was crouching at the window. I could see little of him, for he was gone like a flash. He was wrapped in some sort of cloak which came across the lower part of his face. One thing only I am sure of, and that is that he had some weapon in his hand. It looked to me like a long knife. I distinctly saw the gleam of it as he turned to run. | |
| Then, crouching down, he rested the end of the barrel upon the ledge of the open window. | |
| Tom tried crouching behind the slide, but his tail gave away his hiding spot. | |
| 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." | |