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Definition: Crouch |
CrouchNoun1. The act of bending low with the limbs close to the body. Verb1. 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". 2. Sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "crouch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Crouch is a city located in Boise County, Idaho. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 154.Geography
Crouch is located at 44°6'56" North, 115°58'21" West (44.115496, -115.972536)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²). 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 154 people, 64 households, and 38 families residing in the city. The population density is 141.6/km² (366.8/mi²). There are 83 housing units at an average density of 76.3/km² (197.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 97.40% White, 0.00% African American, 0.65% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.65% Pacific Islander, 1.30% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 1.95% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 64 households out of which 32.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.2% are married couples living together, 10.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 39.1% are non-families. 28.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.41 and the average family size is 3.03. In the city the population is spread out with 30.5% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 113.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 109.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $29,375, and the median income for a family is $32,500. Males have a median income of $26,667 versus $21,875 for females. The per capita income for the city is $17,343. 18.8% of the population and 18.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 34.5% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crouch, Idaho."
Synonyms: CrouchSynonyms: bend (v), bow (v), hunker down (v), scrunch (v), scrunch up (v), squat (v), stoop (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Depression | Sit, sit down; couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow; courtesy, curtsy; bob, duck, dip, kneel; bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head; cower; recline; (be horizontal). |
Fear | Hesitate; (be irresolute); falter, funk, cower, crouch; skulk; (cowardice); let " I dare not" wait upon "I would "; take fright, take alarm; start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink; fly; (avoid). |
Lowness | Verb: be low; Adjective: lie low, lie flat; underlie; crouch, slouch, wallow, grovel; lower; (depress). |
Servility | Sneak, crawl, crouch, cower, sponge, truckle to, grovel, fawn, lick the feet of, kiss the hem of one's garment, kiss one's ass, suck up. |
Submission | Eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble pie; bite the dust, lick the dust; be at one's feet, fall at one's feet; craven; crouch before, throw oneself at the feet of; swallow the leek, swallow the pill; kiss the rod; turn the other cheek; avaler les couleuvres, gulp down. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Crouch |
| English words defined with "crouch": cower ♦ huddle ♦ scrum, scrummage, setter, squinch ♦ Tapish. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "crouch": stoopway. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Prof. Frederick William Nicholls Crouch, head-and-shoulders portrait facing front. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Members of the Black Watch regiment crouch in a trench while others jump across overhead during training for bayonet charge. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Troops in Australia. Under cover of tall grass, Australian troops crouch behind an American light tank in fighting at Buna. This picture, taken during actual warfare, shows infantrymen following up the tank as it advances to clear out Japanese pillboxes o. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Crouch family at their annual Thanksgiving dinner in Ledyard, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Thanksgiving turkey at the home of Timothy Levy Crouch. Ledyard, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | At the Crouch family on Thanksgiving Day preparing the dinner. Ledyard, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The children's table at the Crouch family Thanksgiving Day dinner. Ledyard, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Love was not made to cower and crouch like an English housemaid whose knees are callused with scrubbing |
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Civil Liberties | China | Pastor Li Dexian was detained in April 2000 for 15 days, during which time he was forced into a crouch for 3 days, unable to sleep or use toilet facilities, with his wrists and ankles manacled together. (references) |
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| "Crouch" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 31.25% of the time. "Crouch" is used about 176 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 31.25% | 55 | 45,713 |
| Noun (proper) | 29.55% | 52 | 47,145 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 21.02% | 37 | 56,631 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 17.61% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Noun (common) | 0.57% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 176 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "crouch" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Crouch | Last name | 10,000 | 1,209 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Crouch, ID (city, FIPS 19720) |
Expressions using "crouch": crouch down ♦ crouch position ♦ low compact crouch. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "crouch": crouch-backed, crouch-touch. | |
Ending with "crouch": Burnham-on-crouch. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "crouch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | hurk (cower, squat). (various references) | |
Albanian | strukem (cower, cringe, hide, snuggle), përkulje (bend, Bob, bow, curtsey, curtsy, curvature, droop, flection, flex, flexion, flexure, incurvation, incurvature, inflection, reverence, sag, stoop, warp), përkulem (bend, bend over, bow, bow down, cant, curtsey, curtsy, hook, incurve, lean, sag, stoop), mblidhem kruspull (cower, double up), kruspullosje, kruspullohem (huddle, shrivel). (various references) | |
Arabic | حنى (crook, decline, double, lean), جثم (perch, roost, squat), جثوم (squat, squatting), إنحنى (bend, bend over, bent, bow, curve, dip, double up, droop, duck, hunch, incline, low bow, recline, sag, stoop, tip), إنحناء (bend, bowing, crook, curvature, dipping, drooping, duck, stoop, tendency), ربوض, ربض (squat). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | свиване (compression, constriction, contraction, cringing, flection, flick, inflection, inflexion, retraction, shrink, shrinkage, shrug), свивам се (clench, constrict, pull together, shrink, shrink up, writhe), навеждам се (bend, bend forward, bend over, couch, nod, reach down, stoop), лежа на земята готов да скоча, подмазвам се (curry favor, curry favour, fawn, ingratiate smb., slaver, smarm). (various references) | |
Chinese | 蹲下 (Crouched, Crouching), 蹲 (squat), 跧 (to curl up), 跁 (to squat). (various references) | |
Czech | krèit se (cower, cringe), hrbit se (cringe, have a slouch, slouch, stoop), dřepnout si. (various references) | |
Dutch | in elkaar duiken (cower, squat), hurken (cower, squat). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kaŭri (cower, squat). (various references) | |
Faeroese | húka (cower, squat). (various references) | |
Farsi | قوزکردن(ازترس وسرما), دولاشدن (Hunker, Stoop). (various references) | |
Finnish | kyyristyä (cower, squat), kyykistyä (squat). (various references) | |
French | se pencher, s'accroupir, accroupissement, être accroupi. (various references) | |
German | kauern (be huddled, cower, squat), hocken (cower, perch, sit about, sit around, squat, to crouch). (various references) | |
Greek | κύπτω (stoop), κάθομαι οκλαδόν, συσπειρούμαι, μαζεύομαι (cluster, cower, cringe, cuddle, gather), ζαρώνω (cockle, contract, cower, crimple, cringe, crumple, knit, pucker, ruck, rumple, shrink, shrivel, wimple, wrinkle). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ישיב" שפופ", לכרוע (bow, collapse, knee, sink), ל"תכוץ (cower, cringe, shrink, twitch), ל"תכופף (bend, bow, double up, duck, stoop). (various references) | |
Hungarian | meghajlás (bow, bowing, courtesy, curtsey, curtsy, inclination of the head), lekuporodás. (various references) | |
Indonesian | membungkuk (dip, stoop). (various references) | |
Italian | rannicchiarsi (cringe, snuggle, squat), rannicchiare, accucciarsi (lie down), accovacciarsi (squat), accoccolarsi (nestle). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 伏 (bend down, fall prostrate, hide, lie down, prostrate oneself, stoop, submit to, yield to). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふく (additional, assistant, associate, auxiliary, bend down, clothes, collateral, compound, copy, crawl, deputy, double, duplicate, fall prostrate, good fortune, hide, lie down, prostrate oneself, stoop, sub-, submit to, substitute, supplementary, to blow, to dry, to emit, to spout, to wipe, vice-, yield to). (various references) | |
Manx | croymmey (bend, bow, double over, double up; obeisance, hold down, lean forward, stoop, tip over). (various references) | |
Maya | dzos (to crouch). (various references) | |
Norwegian | krøke sammen. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ouchcray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | rastejar (crawl, creep, grovel, trail, worm), inclinar-se (bend, bow, camber, decline, hade, lean, slope, sloping, stoop, tilt, tip), estardecócoras (cower, squat), estaragachado (cower, squat), agachar-se (cower, squat), adular servilmente (cringe), acocorar-se (squat). (various references) | |
Romanian | se ghemui (cower, cuddle, huddle up, nuzzle, snuggle, squat). (various references) | |
Russian | низко кланяться (bow low), заискивать (curry favour), приседать (cower, duck a curtsy, duck curtsy, squat), припадать к ногам, припадание к земле, припадание, полуприсесть. (various references) | |
Scottish | crup, crùb (bed recess, squat). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | čučnuti, čučanje, šćućuriti se (huddle). (various references) | |
Spanish | agacharse (bend, bob down, cower, drop, drop down, duck, hunker down, squat, stoop). (various references) | |
Swedish | huka sig ner, huka. (various references) | |
Turkish | sinmek (cringe, duck, keep down, permeate, pervade), büzülmek (ensconce oneself, shrink), çömelmek (cower, crouch down, hunch, hunch up, park oneself, squat), çömelme (crouching, squat, squatting), çökmek (abandon, bend, cave, cave in, collapse, come down, cower, crack, crack up, crumple, crumple up, decline, descend, dip, fall down, fall in, fold, fold up, founder, give up, give way, gravitate, renounce, resign, sag, settle, sink, slump, slump down, squat, subside). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | підлещуватися (adulate, curry favor, curry favour, flatter, palaver, wheedle), присісти, присідання (bobbing, squatting), припадати, припадання. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự núp, sự né. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | crochir. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Samuel Chapter 2, Verse 36 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai estai o perisseuwn en oikw sou hxei proskunein autw obolou arguriou legwn pararriyon me epi mian twn ierateiwn sou fagein arton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Futurum est autem ut quicumque remanserit in domo tua veniat ut oretur pro eo et offerat nummum argenteum et tortam panis dicatque dimitte me obsecro ad unam partem sacerdotalem ut comedam buccellam panis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Forsothe it is to come, that who so euere abidith stil in thin hows, he come that it be preyed for hym, and he offre a silueren peny, and a round kaak of breed, and seye, Lete me, Y biseche, to o preeste paarte, that I eete a morsel of breed. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house, shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priest's offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Samuel Chapter 2, Verse 36 |
| Cebuano | Ug mahitabo, nga ang tagsatagsa nga mahabilin sa imong balay moadto ug moyukbo kaniya tungod sa usa ka tipik nga salapi ug usa ka book nga tinapay, ug magaingon: Ibutang ako, nagahangyo ako kanimo, sa usa sa mga katungdanan sa sacerdote, aron ako makakaon sa usa ka tipik nga tinapay. |
| Croatian | A koji god ostane od tvoga doma, dolazit æe da mu se pokloni i da izmoli srebrn novèiæ ili hljeb kruha i kazat æe: 'Molim te, primi me u kakvu god službu sveæenièku, da imam zalogaj kruha.'" |
| Danish | Da skal enhver, som er tilbage af din Slægt, komme og kaste sig til Jorden for ham for at få en Skilling eller en Skive Brød, og han skal sige: Und mig dog Plads ved et af dine Præsteskaber, for at jeg kan have en Bid Brød at spise!" |
| Dutch | En het zal geschieden, dat al wie van uw huis zal overig zijn, zal komen, om zich voor hem neder te buigen voor een stukje gelds, en een bolle broods, en zal zeggen: Neem mij toch aan tot enige priesterlijke bediening, dat ik een bete broods moge eten. |
| Finnish | Ja jokainen, joka jää jäljelle sinun suvustasi, on tuleva kumartamaan häntä saadaksensa hopearahan ja leipäkakun ja sanovat: `Päästä minutkin johonkin papintehtävään, että saisin palan leipää syödäkseni`." |
| French | Et quiconque restera de ta maison viendra se prosterner devant lui pour avoir une pièce d`argent et un morceau de pain, et dira: Attache-moi, je te prie, l`une des fonctions du sacerdoce, afin que j`aie un morceau de pain manger. |
| German | Und wer übrig ist von deinem Hause, der wird kommen und vor jenem niederfallen um einen silbernen Pfennig und ein Stück Brot und wird sagen: Laß mich doch zu einem Priesterteil, daß ich einen Bissen Brot esse. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Setiap keturunanmu yang masih hidup, akan pergi kepada imam itu untuk meminta uang dan makanan. Ia akan memohon, izinkanlah aku membantu para imam, supaya aku dapat makan biar hanya sesuap saja." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka akan jadi kelak, bahwa barangsiapa yang lagi tinggal dari pada isi rumahmu, ia itu akan datang serta tunduk menyembah kepadanya karena uang sedirham dan karena roti sesuap, sambil katanya: Ambillah kiranya akan sahaya bagi barang sesuatu pekerjaan imamat, supaya sahaya boleh mendapat sesuap roti akan dimakan. |
| Italian | Chiunque sar superstite nella tua casa, andr a prostrarsi davanti a lui per una monetina d'argento e per un pezzo di pane e dir : Ammettimi a qualunque ufficio sacerdotale, perché possa mangiare un tozzo di pane». |
| Maori | A, ko te hunga katoa e mahue iho ki tou whare, ka haere mai, ka piko iho ki a ia mo tetahi pihi hiriwa, mo tetahi wahi taro, ka mea, Tena koe, kia uru atu ahau ki tetahi o nga mahi tohunga, kia kai ai ahau i tetahi kongakonga taro. |
| Norwegian | Og enhver som er igjen av ditt hus, skal komme og bøie sig for ham for å få en sølvskilling og et brød og si: Kjære, sett mig i et av presteembedene, sa jeg kan få et stykke brød å ete! |
| Portuguese | Também todo aquele que ficar de resto da tua casa virá a inclinar-se diante dele por uma moeda de prata e por um pedaço de pão, e dirá: Rogo-te que me admitas a algum cargo sacerdotal, para que possa comer um bocado de pão. |
| Rumanian | Wi oricine va mai rqmknea din casa ta va veni sq se arunce cu faya la pqmknt knaintea lui, pentru un ban de argint wi pentru o bucatq de pkne, wi va zice: ,,Pune-mq, te rog, kn una din slujbele preoyiei, ca sq am o bucatq de pkne sq mqnknc``. |
| Russian | Й ЧУСЛЙК, ПУФБЧЫЙКУС ЙЪ "ПНБ ФЧПЕЗП, ТЙ"ЕФ ЛМБОСФШУС ЕНХ ЙЪ-ЪБ ЗЕТЩ УЕТЕ'ТБ Й ЛХУЛБ ИМЕ'Б Й УЛБЦЕФ: ` ТЙЮЙУМЙ НЕОС Л ЛБЛПК-МЙ'П МЕЧЙФУЛПК "ПМЦОПУФЙ, ЮФП' ЙНЕФШ ТП ЙФБОЙЕ`. |
| Swedish | Och var och en som bliver kvar: av ditt hus skall komma och falla ned för honom, för att få en silverpenning eller en kaka bröd; han skall säga: 'Anställ mig vid någon prästsyssla, så att jag får en bit bröd att äta.'" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "crouch": crouched, crouches, crouching. (additional references) | |
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"Crouch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chouch, clooch, corch, couchi, couchy, crach, croach, croch, crocsh, crough, crounch, Crout, croutch, Cruach, cruch, krooh, Mcgouch, Mcgroush, rouch. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "crouch" (pronounced krou"kh) |
| 3 | -r ou" kh | grouch. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-h-o-r-u" | |
-1 letter: couch, curch, occur. | |
-2 letters: croc, hour, ouch. | |
-3 letters: cor, cur, orc, our, rho, roc. | |
-4 letters: ho, oh, or, uh. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-h-o-r-u" | |
+1 letter: coucher. | |
+2 letters: cartouch, couchers, crouched, crouches. | |
+3 letters: cartouche, chancrous, crouching, nonchurch. | |
+4 letters: accoucheur, cartouches, churchgoer, cowpuncher, scaramouch. | |
+5 letters: accoucheurs, breechclout, chiaroscuro, churchgoers, churchgoing, churchwoman, churchwomen, cowpunchers, euchromatic, scaramouche. | |
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