crouch
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
Types & categories
- bending hypernym
Related & opposite
- stoop derivation
Sense 2 verb
bend one's back forward from the waist on down
he crouched down
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
sit on one's heels
In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
Types & categories
- sit hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stoop |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bending |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | stoop to |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stoop |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crouch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bowing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stooper |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | change posture |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | squinch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cower |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | squatting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | squat |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sit |