Information about the word crouch (English → Esperanto: kaŭri)

Synonyms: cower, squat, duck

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/kɹaʊ̯tʃ/
Hyphenationcrouch
Shavian alphabet𐑒𐑮𐑬𐑗

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) crouch(I) crouched
(thou) crouchest(thou) crouchedst
(he) crouches, croucheth(he) crouched
(we) crouch(we) crouched
(you) crouch(you) crouched
(they) crouch(they) crouched
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) crouch (I) crouched
(thou) crouch(thou) crouched
(he) crouch(he) crouched
(we) crouch(we) crouched
(you) crouch(you) crouched
(they) crouch(they) crouched
Imperative mood
crouch
Participles
Present participlePast participle
crouchingcrouched

Usage samples

Yet luck was with him, and soon he crouched among the trees within arrow‐shot of the village.

Translations

Catalanseure a la gatzoneta; seure cultivat; seure sobre els talons
Dutchhurken; in elkaar duiken; kauri; op zijn hurken zitten
Esperantokaŭri; kalkansidi
Faeroesehúka
Frenchêtre accroupi
Germanhocken
Portugueseestar agachado; estar de cócoras
Romanianse ghemui
Saterland Frisianhurkje
Spanishestar en agazapado; estar en cuclillas