Synonyms for crouched

Grammar : Verb

Spell : krouch

Phonetic Transcription : kraʊtʃ

Top 10 synonyms for crouched

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Définition of crouched

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

Example sentences :

She crouched at my feet covering her face with her long hair.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

Low she crouched, and her call to Lauzanne was but a joyous whisper.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Before it, on a log of wood, sat or crouched a human figure.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

Dick obeyed, and he crouched by the side of Warner and Pennington.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

I slipped into the drawing-room and crouched behind a chair.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

She had leapt as the deer leaps, and crouched, still as any deer.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

When he caught sight of us he put out his lamp and crouched down on the ground.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Or, crouched on the bank of a frog-pond, we tickled frogs with straws.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various

Crouched in a corner of the fence, he waited perhaps for half-an-hour.
Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold

He crouched down on the lip of the cave and gazed out on the world.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Antonyms for crouched

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