crouch
crouch is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. "A crouching purpose." Wordsworth. Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor Shak.
- 2.To sign with the cross; to bless. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3.To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear. She folded her arms across her chest, And crouched her head upon her breast. Colerige.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abase
- abasement
- about
- adown
- basement
- below
- bend
- beneath
- bilge
- bob
- bow
- bring
- cast
- cellar
- concave
- concavity
- couch
- courtesy
- cower
- crouched
- curtsy
- cut
- dash
- debase
- debased
- debasement
- depress
- depressed
- depression
- detrude
- detrusion
- dip
- down
- downwards
- drop
- duck
- dust
- ebb
- fall
- feet
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is crouch.
- What is to bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. "A crouching purpose." Wordsworth. Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor Shak called?
- What is to sign with the cross; to bless. [Obs.] Chaucer called?
- What is to bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear. She folded her arms across her chest, And crouched her head upon her breast. Colerige called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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