crouch

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishldoce_059_ecrouchcrouch /kraʊtʃ/ ●くろまる●くろまる○しろまる verb [intransitive] 1 (also crouch down)SIT to lower your body close to the ground by bending your knees completely → squat He crouched in the shadows near the doorway. Paula crouched down and held her hands out to the fire.2 SITto bend over something so that you are very near to it → leancrouch over a young girl crouched over a book —crouch noun [countable] She dropped to the ground in a crouch.→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpuscrouch• I gestured to the remaining woodchuck to crouch.• There were six people in the clearing, crouching around the campfire.• I crouched behind a bush as the soldiers marched by.• I crouched beside him and looked into his wild eyes.• The plumber crouched down and looked under the sink.• In the surrounding debris of apartment blocks more militia would be crouched, forming the outer defence ring of the beleaguered stronghold.• The sparrows in the ploughland were crouching in terror of the kestrel.• A black cat crouched in the corner.• Leif, the beggar, was crouched in the inglenook, stuffing his mouth full of richly sauced venison.Origin crouch (1300-1400) Perhaps from Old French crochir "to become hook-shaped", from croche; → CROCHET

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Verb table

crouch

Simple Form

Present

I, you, we, they crouch

he, she, it crouches

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Past

I, you, he, she, it, we, they crouched

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have crouched

he, she, it has crouched

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had crouched

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will crouch

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have crouched

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Continuous Form

Present

I am crouching

he, she, it is crouching

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you, we, they are crouching

Past

I, he, she, it was crouching

you, we, they were crouching

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have been crouching

he, she, it has been crouching

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been crouching

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be crouching

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been crouching

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