0 present participle of crouch --
1 to bend your knees and lower yourself so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly: --
They exist under conditions of intolerable physical and mental strain, long hours patrolling or crouching in the darkness with the possibility of death by a sniper at any moment.
They were crouching over their books with almost equal diligence, but were devoting themselves then to studies that seemed to them more lofty than the generally disposed school of jurisprudence.
They are not crouching in the studio in the dark with blankets over their heads.
On opening the door, at first no one could be seen, but then he saw a person crouching by the bay window.
I came across a woman crouching on the floor of a busy corridor with her hands held protectively over her face.
I think the applause is deserved, and if the occasion was less salubrious we could have managed a standing, rather than a crouching ovation!
As he got to the crest, he saw four figures crouching down, moving up the hill towards him.
We can see them waiting there, crouching ready for another difficulty that may come along.
