Crouch

  • 61crouch start — žemas startas iš vietos statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Startuojančio trumpųjų nuotolių bėgiko poza priklaupus ant vieno kelio, kojomis remiantis į starto atramėles, ištiestomis rankomis pasirėmus prieš starto liniją. Žemas… …

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  • 62crouch — croucher, n. crouchingly, adv. /krowch/, v.i. 1. to stoop or bend low. 2. to bend close to the ground, as an animal preparing to spring or shrinking with fear. 3. to bow or stoop servilely; cringe. v.t. 4. to bend low. n. 5. the act of crouching …

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  • 63crouch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. bend, squat, stoop; cower, cringe. See depression, servility, fear. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To stoop] Syn. squat, bend, hunch, hunker down; see bow 1 . 2. [To cower] Syn. cringe, flinch, quail; see… …

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  • 64crouch — see CROOK …

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  • 65crouch — kraÊŠtʃ n. act of stooping or bending low, act of crouching v. bend down, stoop down; cringe, bow low …

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  • 66crouch — 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 ME: perh. from OFr. crochir be bent , from croche (see crotch) …

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  • 67crouch — v. n. 1. Couch, squat, lie flat, stoop low, lie close to the ground. 2. Cower, cringe, fawn, truckle …

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  • 68crouch — verb the umpire crouches just enough to get a good view of the strike zone Syn: squat, bend (down), hunker down, scrunch down, hunch over, stoop, kneel (down); duck, cower …

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  • 69crouch — v 1. stoop, bend, bend down, squat, hunker, hunker down, hunch, hunch over. 2. cringe, cower, crawl, creep; grovel, truckle, bootlick, toady, fawn, flatter, Inf. apple polish, Sl. suck up to; kneel to or before, bow, bow and scrape, be at [s.o.… …

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  • 70crouch — verb Syn: squat, bend (down), hunker down, hunch over, stoop, duck, cower …

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