| slovo | definícia |
crouch
(encz) | crouch,přikrčení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Crouch
(gcide) | 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.
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Now crouch like a cur. --Beau. & Fl.
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2. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. "A
crouching purpose." --Wordsworth.
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Must I stand and crouch
Under your testy humor? --Shak.
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Crouch
(gcide) | Crouch \Crouch\, v. t. [OE. cruchen, crouchen, from cruche,
crouche, cross. Cf. Crosier, Crook.]
1. To sign with the cross; to bless. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.
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She folded her arms across her chest,
And crouched her head upon her breast. --Colerige.
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crouch
(wn) | 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] |
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Crouch
(gcide) | 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.
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Now crouch like a cur. --Beau. & Fl.
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2. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. "A
crouching purpose." --Wordsworth.
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Must I stand and crouch
Under your testy humor? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Crouch \Crouch\, v. t. [OE. cruchen, crouchen, from cruche,
crouche, cross. Cf. Crosier, Crook.]
1. To sign with the cross; to bless. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.
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She folded her arms across her chest,
And crouched her head upon her breast. --Colerige.
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Crouched
(gcide) | Crouched \Crouched\ (kroucht), a.
Marked with the sign of the cross. [Obs.]
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Crouched friar. See Crutched friar, under Crutched.
[1913 Webster]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.
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Now crouch like a cur. --Beau. & Fl.
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2. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. "A
crouching purpose." --Wordsworth.
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Must I stand and crouch
Under your testy humor? --Shak.
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crouched friar
(gcide) | Crutched \Crutched\ (kr?cht), a.
1. Supported upon crutches.
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2. [See Crouch, v. t., and Crouched, a. ] Marked with the
sign of the cross; crouched.
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Crutched friar (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called
because its members bore the sign of the cross on their
staves and habits; -- called also crossed friar and
crouched friar.
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Marked with the sign of the cross. [Obs.]
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Crouched friar. See Crutched friar, under Crutched.
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Crouched friar
(gcide) | Crutched \Crutched\ (kr?cht), a.
1. Supported upon crutches.
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2. [See Crouch, v. t., and Crouched, a. ] Marked with the
sign of the cross; crouched.
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Crutched friar (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called
because its members bore the sign of the cross on their
staves and habits; -- called also crossed friar and
crouched friar.
[1913 Webster]Crouched \Crouched\ (kroucht), a.
Marked with the sign of the cross. [Obs.]
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Crouched friar. See Crutched friar, under Crutched.
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Crouching
(gcide) | 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.
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Now crouch like a cur. --Beau. & Fl.
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2. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. "A
crouching purpose." --Wordsworth.
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Must I stand and crouch
Under your testy humor? --Shak.
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