crouched
past simple and past participle ofcrouch
crouch
verb[I]
uk/kraʊtʃ/us/kraʊtʃ/tobendyourkneesandloweryourself so that you arecloseto thegroundandleaningforwardslightly:
Shesawhim coming and crouched(down)behind abush.
Sitting and standing
- akimbo
- astride
- bestride
- cross-legged
- crouch
- foot
- on all foursidiom
- pew
- plump(someone/something)down
- rampant
- reseat
- seat
- sit
- stance
- stand around
- stand aside
- stand round
- stand up
- strike
- surface
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Not holding the body upright
Examplesofcrouched
crouched
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
One might have worked upright, with a 'loose-eye', for instance, while another might havecrouchedand crawled on its belly while deploying its 'collie-eye'.
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The woman in the foreground evinces another telling gesture: she iscroucheddown.
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Rickardscrouchedforward, his huge hand cradling the whisky glass.
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During gait, a slightlycrouchedposture may be appropriate compensation for the destabilizing effects of reduced heel-strike.
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I ran behind the bar,croucheddown by the record shelves, searching - no, not that one - what could it be?
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The eager boy-men arecrouchedover its curling exhaust formed by the electric-car track,34 with the electrical toy the satirical equivalent of the electronic countermeasures in the real bomber.
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It was horrible and wetcroucheddown, and somehow you had to let them know where you were by quietly calling out or holding a small torch.
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They must eatcrouchedon their bunks in their cells.
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He says that he also saw a number of mencrouchedby the points lighting straw to heat them.
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Many people will remember the advertisement that used the image of a young womancroucheddead on the floor with a needle in her arm.
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If you ride in an aggressive,crouchedposition with full leathers and kit, motorists are not likely to let you in.
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In front of us a curious figure was standing, a littlecrouched, legs straggled, arms held out from his sides.
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At the bottom they sometimes have at least three miles to walk in acrouchedposition.
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Ministers should resist thecrouchedfear that a more informed electorate will somehow escape their grasp.
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The goaliecrouched, but with his knees spread, not pinched like in ice hockey.
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