Dictionary Entry
crouch
crouch is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
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.
- 2intransitive verb
To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
- 3transitive verb
To sign with the cross; to bless.
- 4transitive verb
To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.
- 5noun
the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
- 6verb
sit on one's heels
"In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"
"The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
- 7verb
bend one's back forward from the waist on down
"he crouched down"
"She bowed before the Queen"
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