Antonyms for crouch

Grammar : Verb

Spell : krouch

Phonetic Transcription : kraʊtʃ

Definition of crouch

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 :

Her mate had slowly relaxed from his crouch and was watching her.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

His brutality had made the delicacy in her crouch and sicken.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

He seemed to crouch on his chair, and the hand that held the paper shook.
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

The birds, the insects even, all life seemed to crouch, hushed and expectant.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

But out of the tail of my eye I saw him crouch, ready to leap.
Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey

Wherever he had elected to crouch and tremble, it was too hazardous to go near him.
Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad

I could read the sinister intent in the crouch of his shoulders.
Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post

He continued to crouch and looked up at his master with doglike eyes.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various

Then I comes the Nelson crouch, and rips a few cross-overs in where they'd do the most good.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

A startled grunt warned Lennon to dodge back a step and crouch.
Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet

Synonyms for crouch

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