Synonyms of the word

crouch

• n. (obsolete) A cross.
• v. (obsolete) To sign with the cross; bless.
• v. (intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with legs bent, as an animal when…
• v. (intransitive) To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
• v. (intransitive) To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.
• n. A bent or stooped position.
• n. A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it…

bend

• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action,…
• v. (intransitive) To become curved.
• v. (transitive) To cause to change direction.
• v. (intransitive) To change direction.
• v. (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
• v. (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
• v. (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
• v. (transitive) To force to submit.
• v. (intransitive) To submit.
• v. (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
• v. (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
• v. (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make…
• v. (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
• n. A curve.
• n. Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
• n. (in the plural, medicine, diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression,…
• n. (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to…
• n. (obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
• n. In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt.
• n. (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
• n. (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales,…
• n. (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the…
• n. (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.

bending

• v. present participle of bend.
• n. A motion or action that bends.

bow

• n. A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string,…
• n. A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
• n. A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various…
• n. A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the…
• n. A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and…
• n. Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
• n. The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
• n. Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating…
• n. (nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
• n. (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
• n. The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
• v. To play music on (a stringed instrument) using a bow.
• v. (intransitive) To become bent or curved.
• v. (transitive) To make something bend or curve.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively;…
• v. (intransitive) To premiere.
• v. (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
• v. (transitive and intransitive) To debut.
• v. (intransitive) To defer (to something).
• n. A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence.
• n. (nautical) The front of a boat or ship.

flex

• n. (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
• n. (countable) The act of flexing.
• n. (uncountable, chiefly Britain) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
• n. (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
• v. To bend something.
• v. To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
• v. To move part of the body using one's muscles.
• v. To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.

hunker

• v. (intransitive) To crouch or squat close to the ground.
• n. (dated) A political conservative.

scrunch

• v. To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
• n. A crunching noise.

sit

• v. (intransitive, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the…
• v. (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
• v. (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position permanently.
• v. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
• v. (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
• v. (law, government) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
• v. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
• v. To be adjusted; to fit.
• v. (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
• v. (transitive) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
• v. (transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
• v. (intransitive) shortened form of babysit.
• v. (transitive, US) To babysit.
• v. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, Britain) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
• v. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
• v. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture…
• v. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
• n. (rare, Buddhism) an event (usually one full day or more) where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

squat

• adj. Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
• adj. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
• n. A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
• n. (weightlifting) A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then…
• n. A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
• n. A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.
• n. (slang) Something of no value; nothing.
• n. (obsolete) A sudden or crushing fall.
• n. (mining) A small vein of ore.
• n. A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
• v. To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
• v. (weightlifting) To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across…
• v. To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
• v. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or…
• v. (dated) To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.
• n. The angel shark (genus Squatina).

stoop

• n. (chiefly Northeastern US, chiefly New York, also, Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to…
• n. The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.
• v. To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
• v. To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
• v. Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
• v. (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
• v. (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
• v. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
• v. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
• v. To degrade.
• n. A stooping (ie. bent, see the "Verb" section above) position of the body.
• n. An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
• n. (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
• n. A vessel for holding liquids; a flagon.