verb · intransitive · rare

crouch

crouch · crouches · crouched · crouching

гнути, згинати, згинатися

присесть, приседать, виться, извиваться

kauern

To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an…To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.

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UK/ˈkɹaʊ̯t͡ʃ/US/ˈkɹæʊ̯t͡ʃ/

» Tom crouched beside Mary.

Том присів поруч із Мері.

Meaning

3 senses

(intransitive)To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
We crouched behind the low wall until the squad of soldiers had passed by.
kauern
приседа́тьprisedátʹ, присе́стьpriséstʹ
(intransitive)To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility.
пресмыка́тьсяpresmykátʹsja, раболе́пствоватьrabolépstvovatʹ, извива́тьсяizvivátʹsja
(obsolete)To sign with the cross; bless.

More definitions

bend one's back forward from the waist on down
sit on one's heels

Examples

99 sentences

Tom crouched beside Mary.
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She crouched down by the gate.
deSie kauerte sich vor dem Tor nieder.
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Tom crouched down behind the boxes.
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Tom crouched down next to Mary.
ruТом сел на корточки рядом с Мэри.
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Tom crouched down by the gate.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

to bend down:

to bend servilely:

to bend, as in humility or fear:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to bend down:

Origin

From Middle English crouchen (“to bend, crouch”), variant of croken (“to bend, crook”), fr

From Middle English crouchen (“to bend, crouch”), variant of croken (“to bend, crook”), from crok (“crook, hook”), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“wicker, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind, weave”). Compare Middle Dutch krōken (“to crook, curl”). More at crook.

From Middle English crouche, cruche, from Old English crūċ (“cross”). Compare Old Saxon krūci (“cross”), Old High German krūzi (“cross”). Doublet of cross and crux.

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