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Meanings of crouch in English
Portuguese
ficar de cócoras Catalan
arraulir-se Synonyms
Examples for "bow"
Examples for "bow"
1
I bow in return; we take our seats; and the lesson begins.
2
It was impossible to bow; whispered thanks went in the wrong direction.
3
Three of them were paddling; the fourth sat motionless in the bow.
4
In another minute he was standing in the bow, lance in hand.
5
I shall humbly bow before her as spokesman and beg our case.
1
This year we're really going to bend their arms to get included.
2
Politicians routinely bend reality or, in some cases, break with it entirely.
3
I will not bend on this point until it is absolutely necessary.
4
The road made a sharp final bend and then was simply gone.
5
Our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice.
1
On the stoop, Brendan rang the doorbell several times, with no answer.
2
I hate the mechanical labour; I hate to stoop and sit still.
3
They would stoop and go in under and pick up the grain.
4
The candidate was too busy talking about hope to stoop to refutation.
5
When I stoop, stoop; when I crawl, crawl; when I run, run.
Usage of crouch in English
1
When we're almost at the sea wall, Cass drops into a crouch.
2
He rises from his seated position into a crouch, ready for action.
3
Nikki landed in a crouch, Sig Sauer ready in her right hand.
4
Possum lurched forward into a ready crouch, weapons slipping into his palms.
5
I crouch down and slide my hand along a cold, smooth panel-glass
6
He carried a rifle and moved quickly but cautiously in a crouch.
7
In a second he pulled himself upright and went into a crouch.
8
It was too high; he had to stand in a half crouch.
9
His magnetism was upon me; I could only crouch into myself-andwait.
10
Leesil's blades bit the earth as momentum brought him into a crouch.
11
I saw the guard drop into a firing crouch and take aim.
12
They bluster when they are courted; they crouch when they are oppressed.
13
He was exposed now, and he moved quickly, still in a crouch.
14
The cats mould themselves to the ground as they crouch or crawl.
15
The rawhead gathered itself into a crouch again, clearly ready to pounce.
16
The mere possibility of litigation throws corporate America into a defensive crouch.
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Translations for crouch
Catalan
Spanish
Crouch through the time
Crouch across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common