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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : krouch |
Phonetic Transcription : kraʊtʃ |
Definition of crouching
Origin :- late 14c., probably from Old French crochir "become bent, crooked," from croche "hook" (see crochet). Related: Crouched; crouching. As a noun, from 1590s.
- verb stoop low; cringe
- Still his bullets fell in the center of the crouching party.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Crouching low in the shade of a clump of bushes, Grant stole toward the spot.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- He had been crouching for a spring at the moment when his master caught him.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- But when I came to cross the road no crouching or gliding would do.
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- Hilary thrust Joan suddenly behind him; crouching like a cat.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- There came a clanging of grapnels on the rail over the crouching defenders.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- A great tabby cat, crouching at a corner of the counter, watched her as she slept.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- And crouching down he stretched out his arms and felt about him.
- Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
- Even the blind beggars, crouching under the town walls, were silent.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- Grace, crouching on the stairs, noticed the change in her uncle's voice as he answered.
- Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
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