Textual thesaurus for "crouch"

(verb) scrunch, scrunch up, squat, hunker, hunker down

sit on one's heels

In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting; The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm

(verb) bow, stoop, bend

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