Overview of noun crouch

The noun crouch has 1 sense

• crouch -- (the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body)

Overview of verb crouch

The verb crouch has 2 senses

• crouch, stoop, bend, bow -- (bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse")


• squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down -- (sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm")