[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

crouch \crouch\ krouch; 129, v. i. imp.  p. p. crouched
   kroucht; p. pr.  vb. n. crouching. oe. cruchen,
   crouchen, crouken; cf. e. creep, g. krauchen, kriechen, or e.
   crook to bend, also crouch to cross.
   1. to bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground
      with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or
      in fear.
      1913 webster

            now crouch like a cur.                --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   2. to bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. "a
      crouching purpose." --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

            must i stand and crouch
            under your testy humor?               --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
crouched crouching 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

crouch \crouch\, v. t. oe. cruchen, crouchen, from cruche,
   crouche, cross. cf. crosier, crook.
   1. to sign with the cross; to bless. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. to bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.
      1913 webster

            she folded her arms across her chest,
            and crouched her head upon her breast. --colerige.
      1913 webster
see also:
crosier crook 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

crouch
     n : the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
     v 1: 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" syn: stoop, bend,
           bow
     2: sit on one's heels; "in some cultures, the women give birth
        while squatting"; "the children hunkered down to protect
        themselves from the sandstorm" syn: squat, scrunch, scrunch
        up, hunker, hunker down
see also:
stoop bend bow squat scrunch scrunch up 
hunker hunker down 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

67 moby thesaurus words for "crouch":
   bend, bend the knee, bend the neck, bend to, bob, bootlick, bow,
   bow and scrape, bow down, bow to, couch, cower, crawl, creep,
   cringe, cringe to, crouch before, curtsy, dip, do homage,
   do obeisance, duck, fawn, flatter, flinch, genuflect, genuflection,
   get down, grovel, huddle, hug the earth, hunch, hunch down,
   hunker down, kneel, kneel to, kneeling, knuckle to, kowtow,
   lick the dust, lickspittle, lie low, lie prone, lie prostrate,
   lie under, nod, obeisance, prostration, quail, reverence, salaam,
   scrouch down, skulk, slink, sneak, squat, stoop, supination, swat,
   toadeat, toady, truckle, truckle to, underlie, wallow, welter,
   wince

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

crouch, id city, fips 19720
  location: 44.11533 n, 115.97164 w
  population 1990: 75 41 housing units
  area: 0.8 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

crouch, id -- u.s. city in idaho
   population 2000:    154
   housing units 2000: 83
   land area 2000:     0.419886 sq. miles 1.087500 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.419886 sq. miles 1.087500 sq. km
   fips code:            19720
   located within:       idaho id, fips 16
   location:             44.115496 n, 115.972536 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    crouch, id
    crouch

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