Crouching
//ˈkɹaʊt͡ʃɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The action of the verb crouch.
"[…] so this gathering of rabbits in the dark, beginning with hesitant approaches, silences, pauses, movements, crouchings side by side and all manner of tentative appraisals, slowly moved, like a hemisphere of the world into summer, to a warmer, brighter region of mutual liking and approval, until all felt sure that they had nothing to fear."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of crouch form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 That crouches or crouch.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
Example
More examples"With bated breath and crouching figures they stumbled across the garden, and gained the shelter of the hedge, which they skirted until they came to the gap which opened into the cornfield."
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