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1. Bend one's back forward from the waist on down
   "he crouched down";
   - stoop, bend, bow[2], scrooch [US]
    
2. Sit on one's heels
   "In some cultures, the women give birth while crouching";
   - squat, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down

1. The act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

Derived forms: crouching, crouches, crouched

Type of: bend, bending, flex, sit, sit down

Encyclopedia: Crouch, Sevenoaks