squat
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
Types & categories
- leg exercise hypernym
Related & opposite
- squat derivation
Sense 2 verb
sit on one's heels
In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
Types & categories
- sit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
some people seem born to be square and chunky
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a small worthless amount
you don't know jack
Types & categories
- small indefinite quantity hypernym
Sense 5 verb
be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
The building squatted low
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Sense 6 adjective
having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
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Sense 7 noun
the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
Related & opposite
- squat derivation
Sense 8 verb
occupy (a dwelling) illegally
Types & categories
- lodge in hypernym
Related & opposite
- squatter derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | squat |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | leg exercise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | squatting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | squat |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dumpiness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | squatness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | short |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | small indefinite quantity |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | squatness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | low |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | squat |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | squatter |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | lodge in |