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# crouch

verb (crouch, crouches, crouched, crouching); noun (a crouch)

«crouch» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To crouch means to bend your knees and lower your body close to the ground, leaning forward a little. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crouch/#m1)
2. A crouch is that low, bent position. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crouch/#m2)

### In the lessons

In PE and sport: sprinters crouch at the start of a race; goalkeepers crouch ready to dive. In safety drills: in an earthquake, «drop, cover and hold on» (crouch under a sturdy table); in a fire, crouch low because smoke rises; during lightning with no shelter, crouch low and away from tall things. In nature, cats crouch before they pounce. Phrases: crouch down, crouch behind, in a crouch.

### Examples

- The cat crouched low, ready to pounce. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crouch/#x1)
- Crouch down under your desk during the earthquake drill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crouch/#x2)
- We crouched behind the bush during hide-and-seek. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crouch/#x3)
- Sprinters crouch at the starting line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crouch/#x4)
- Stay low and crouch if there is smoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crouch/#x5)
- I crouched to tie my shoelace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crouch/#x6)
- The young man crouched low to the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crouch/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: crouched, crouching. Similar: squat (sitting on your heels), kneel (resting on your knees), duck (lower your head quickly).

## In Jewish tradition

To bend low in defeat. Isaiah says the proud will only crouch among the captives.

**Interpretation.** Read as the humiliation of those who rely on their own power instead of God.

### Examples

- They can do nought except crouch under the captives, and fall under the slain. (Prophets ISA.10.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crouch/#x1)

### Note

Regular verb: crouched, crouching. Similar: squat (sitting on your heels), kneel (resting on your knees), duck (lower your head quickly).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «crouch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crouch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crouch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crouch.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «crouch» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crouch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crouch» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/crouch.html) on Mova free.