2. Noun. The action of the verb '''crouch'''. ¹
3. Adjective. That crouches or crouch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crouching
1. crouch [v] - See also: crouch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crouching
Literary usage of Crouching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"The name is probably taken from the crouching attitude of a person at stool, ...
The term for squatting or crouching is connected with the clucking of a hen ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"This figure has no legs, and bears some resemblance to a laden camel crouching
on the ground ; those who sculptured it had possibly never seen the animal, ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Only the crouching skeletons under the tables— Alas and alas!» His love of the
beautiful is tempered by a keen sense of humor; and the combination makes his ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"Close by the temple is the Sphinx itself, crouching in silence by the sea of
sand, as if to guard the royal mausoleums. This monster, whose human head and ..."
5. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"One found at Cnidus by Sir Charles Newton of the British Museum, and now preserved
in that institution, was adorned by a crouching lion ..."
6. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"Close by the temple is the Sphinx itself, crouching in silence by the sea of
sand, as if to guard the royal mausoleums. This monster, whose human head and ..."
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