Meaning

2 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To take shelter; to prepare oneself for some eventuality; to focus on a task.

    That test is worth half your grade, so you'd better hunker down and start studying.

    притаи́тьсяpritaítʹsja, засе́стьzaséstʹ, окопа́тьсяokopátʹsja

    засі́стиzasísty

    take shelter

  2. (idiomatic)To stubbornly hold to a position.

    hold stubbornly to a position

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I'm ready to hunker down for the evening.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
take shelter; prepare for an eventuality:
Русский
By meaning 1
take shelter; prepare for an eventuality:

Forms

hunkers down, hunkering down, hunkered down, hunkered down
Base formhunker down · to hunker down
3rd person singularhunkers down
Present participlehunkering down
Past simplehunkered down
Past participlehunkered down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhunker down
he, she, ithunkers down

Past simpleLesson

all personshunkered down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hunkered down
he, she, ithas hunkered down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hunker down

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedbuckle downknuckle down

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hungerB1hungoverhungryA1hunkhunkyhuntB1
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