From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
crouch
n 1: 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: crouch,
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, crouch,
scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down]