crouch
A bent or stooped positionA bent or stooped position.
Meaning
2 sensesA bent or stooped position.
The cat waited in a crouch, hidden behind the hedge.
(obsolete)A cross.
- the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
Examples
99 sentencesTom crouched beside Mary.
Том присів поруч із Мері. — deniko
She crouched down by the gate.
deSie kauerte sich vor dem Tor nieder. — Tamy
Tom crouched down behind the boxes.
Tom crouched down next to Mary.
ruТом сел на корточки рядом с Мэри. — sharptoothed
Tom crouched down by the gate.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English crouchen (“to bend, crouch”), variant of croken (“to bend, crook”), frFrom 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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