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},
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"text": "We crouched behind the low wall until the squad of soldiers had passed by.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "1922, Virginia Woolf, chapter 2, in Jacob's Room",
"text": "Archer and Jacob jumped up from behind the mound where they had been crouching with the intention of springing upon their mother unexpectedly, and they all began to walk slowly home.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear."
],
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"down",
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"(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear."
],
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{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naveždam se",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "навеждам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "ajupir-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "臥"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wò",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "卧"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dūn",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "蹲"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "kaŭriĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "kükitama"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "küürutama"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "kyyristyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "kyykistyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "se tapir"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "s’accroupir"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "se recroqueviller"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "agochar"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "agachar"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "anicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "kauern"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "káthomai okladón",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "κάθομαι οκλαδόν"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "oklázō",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "ὀκλάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ptḗssō",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "πτήσσω"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "guggol"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "accovacciarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shagamu",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "しゃがむ"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"alt": "うずくまる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uzukumaru",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "蹲る"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "djangotô"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "conquiniscō"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "whakapāhake"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "kōpipiri"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "pāhake"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "ngunu"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "tūruru"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "pusmak",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "پوصمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dollâ šodan",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "دولا شدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to bend down",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "podkurczać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to bend down",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "podkurczyć się"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "agachar"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prisedátʹ",
"sense": "to bend down",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приседа́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priséstʹ",
"sense": "to bend down",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "присе́сть"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "crom"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "čučnuti"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "agacharse"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "acuclillarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "encogerse"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "huka"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "çömelmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "pusmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "né"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "núp"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "cúi"
}
]
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1816, William Wordsworth, Thanksgiving Ode",
"text": "a crouching purpose",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility."
],
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[
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"bow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "19 81",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rabolepniča",
"sense": "to bend servilely",
"word": "раболепнича"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 81",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to bend servilely",
"word": "kummardama"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 81",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bend servilely",
"word": "kumartua"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 81",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bend servilely",
"word": "whakamaoko"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 81",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "presmykátʹsja",
"sense": "to bend servilely",
"word": "пресмыка́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "19 81",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rabolépstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to bend servilely",
"word": "раболе́пствовать"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/kɹaʊt͡ʃ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊtʃ"
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"_dis1": "53 47",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svivam",
"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
"word": "свивам"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 47",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svivam se",
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"word": "свивам се"
},
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"_dis1": "53 47",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stoja priveden",
"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
"word": "стоя приведен"
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"_dis1": "53 47",
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"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
"word": "kummardama"
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{
"_dis1": "53 47",
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"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
"word": "kumartua"
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{
"_dis1": "53 47",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "koulouriázo",
"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
"word": "κουλουριάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 47",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"note": "in fear",
"roman": "pusmak",
"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
"word": "پوصمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 47",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izvivátʹsja",
"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
"word": "извива́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 47",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vítʹsja",
"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
"word": "ви́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 47",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
"word": "saviti"
},
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"_dis1": "53 47",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
"word": "encogerse"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 47",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
"word": "inclinarse"
}
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "bent or stooped position",
"word": "kükk"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "bent or stooped position",
"word": "kummardus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bent or stooped position",
"word": "kyykky"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bent or stooped position",
"word": "kumara"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "bent or stooped position",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "agachar"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "bent or stooped position",
"word": "inclinación"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bent or stooped position",
"word": "genuflexión"
}
]
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},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊtʃ"
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{
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{
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{
"code": "it",
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"word": "accovacciarsi"
},
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{
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"word": "蹲る"
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{
"code": "kea",
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"word": "djangotô"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"word": "conquiniscō"
},
{
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},
{
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"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "kōpipiri"
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{
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
"code": "ota",
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"word": "پوصمق"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dollâ šodan",
"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "دولا شدن"
},
{
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{
"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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{
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{
"code": "sv",
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{
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"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "çömelmek"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to bend down",
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to bend down",
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "núp"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to bend down",
"word": "cúi"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"word": "раболепнича"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to bend servilely",
"word": "kummardama"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bend servilely",
"word": "kumartua"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bend servilely",
"word": "whakamaoko"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "presmykátʹsja",
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"word": "пресмыка́ться"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rabolépstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to bend servilely",
"word": "раболе́пствовать"
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"roman": "svivam",
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"word": "свивам се"
},
{
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{
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"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
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"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
"word": "κουλουριάζω"
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"note": "in fear",
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"word": "پوصمق"
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"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to bend, as in humility or fear",
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}
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"word": "kükk"
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{
"code": "et",
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"sense": "bent or stooped position",
"word": "kummardus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "bent or stooped position",
"word": "kyykky"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bent or stooped position",
"word": "kumara"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "bent or stooped position",
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"Brazil"
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"word": "agachar"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "bent or stooped position",
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},
{
"code": "es",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prekrǎstvam",
"sense": "to sign with the cross",
"word": "прекръствам"
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"sense": "to sign with the cross",
"word": "crouchen"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to sign with the cross",
"word": "prekrižiti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to sign with the cross",
"word": "prekrstiti"
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