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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 completelysquat 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 itleancrouch over a young girl crouched over a bookcrouch noun [countable] She dropped to the ground in a crouch.→ See Verb table Examples from the CorpuscrouchI 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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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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