hunker down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
sit on one's heels
In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
Types & categories
- sit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
take shelter
During the sandstorm, they hunkered down in a small hut
Types & categories
- hide out hypernym
Sense 3 verb
hold stubbornly to a position
The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down
Types & categories
- stand pat hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | squatting |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | squat |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hide out |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stand pat |