Crouch
11crouch — index lurk Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12crouch — [ krautʃ ] verb intransitive * 1. ) to move your body close to the ground by bending your knees and leaning forward slightly: She crouched down and reached out to the little boy. 2. ) to lean forward with your head and shoulders bent, especially… …
13crouch — late 14c., probably from O.Fr. crochir become bent, crooked, from croche hook (see CROCHET (Cf. crochet)). Related: Crouched; crouching. As a noun, from 1590s …
14crouch — [v] stoop low; cringe bend, bend down, bow, cower, dip, duck, grovel, huddle, hunch, hunker down, kneel, quail, quat, scrooch down, squat, stoop, wince; concept 213 Ant. stretch …
15crouch — ► VERB ▪ adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down. ► NOUN ▪ a crouching stance or posture. ORIGIN perhaps from Old French crochir be bent , from croche shepherd s crook …
16crouch — [krouch] vi. [ME crouchen < OFr crochir, to be bent < croc, a hook: see CROSIER] 1. to stoop or bend low with the limbs drawn close to the body, as an animal ready to spring or cowering in fear 2. to cringe or bow in a servile manner vt.… …
17Crouch — For other uses, see Crouch (disambiguation). Crouch is a family name. People with the family name Crouch Andrae Crouch, US Gospel musician Anna Maria Crouch, 18th Century actress in London and mistress of George, Prince of Wales Bill Crouch… …
18Crouch — Peter Crouch Peter Crouch …
19crouch — [[t]kra͟ʊtʃ[/t]] crouches, crouching, crouched 1) VERB If you are crouching, your legs are bent under you so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly. [V prep/adv] We were crouching in the bushes... [V prep/adv] I crouched on …
20Crouch — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a topographical name for someone who lived by a cross. The derivation of the name is from the Middle English crouch , a cross, itself from the Olde English pre 7th Century cruc . This word …
