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1. Exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
   - knee bend, squat
    
2. The act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
   - squat

1. Sit on one's heels
   "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"
   - crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
    
2. Be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
   "The building squatted low"
    
3. Occupy (a dwelling) illegally

See also: squatter

Type of: be, leg exercise, lodge in, motility, motion, move, movement, occupy, reside, sit, sit down

Encyclopedia: Squat