Thesaurus / crouch
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He was practicing holding his body in a crouch, with his arms straight out behind, before jumping skis-and-all into the air.
U.S. SKI JUMPING IS LOOKING FOR MORE FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACESMAGGIE KOERTH (MAGGIE.KOERTH-BAKER@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)FEBRUARY 18, 2022FIVETHIRTYEIGHTHe bends down into the crouch that raisin farmers assume when they are about to examine their crop.
HOW WE DRAINED CALIFORNIA DRYMARK ARAXDECEMBER 16, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWDeneen believes that conservatism is in a “defensive crouch” — and has been so “since its rise in the 20th century.”
THE INTELLECTUAL RIGHT’S WAR ON AMERICA’S INSTITUTIONSZACK BEAUCHAMPNOVEMBER 19, 2021VOXIt moves in a half crouch, dragging one knee along the ground.
AI IS LEARNING HOW TO CREATE ITSELFWILL DOUGLAS HEAVENMAY 27, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWIt’s the first time reinforcement learning has been used to teach a two-legged robot how to walk from scratch, including the ability to walk in a crouch and while carrying an unexpected load.
FORGET BOSTON DYNAMICS. THIS ROBOT TAUGHT ITSELF TO WALKWILL DOUGLAS HEAVENAPRIL 8, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWIf there’s no boulder, get into a defensive crouch, putting your head in your hands and pulling your backpack up to cover the back of your head and neck.
HOW TO SURVIVE 5 EXTREME WEATHER SCENARIOSGRAHAM AVERILLOCTOBER 15, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINENow it seemed to crouch as though ready to spring, and I could hear the savage growling as of some beast of prey.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUSI straightened out of my crouch, forced myself not to reveal what I had just seen.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSShe continued to crouch on the steps, holding her breath and stiffening herself into complete immobility.
SUMMEREDITH WHARTONHe raised his saber in salute—the only fencing-movement he'd become proficient in—and jumped into a crouch.
THE GREAT POTLATCH RIOTSALLEN KIM LANGWORDS RELATED TO CROUCH
- abase
- apple-polish
- be at beck and call
- be obsequious
- be servile
- blandish
- bow
- brown-nose
- buddy up
- butter up
- cajole
- cater to
- cave in to
- cotton
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- curry favor
- debase
- defer
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- flatter
- grovel
- honey up
- invite
- jolly
- kneel
- kowtow
- lay it on
- lick boots
- make up to
- massage
- oil
- pander
- pay court
- play up to
- scrape
- slaver
- snow
- stoop
- stroke
- submit
- toady
- truckle
- woo
- yield
- abased
- apple-polished
- blandished
- bowed
- brownnosed
- buddy up
- buttered up
- cajoled
- catered to
- caved in to
- cottoned
- courted
- cowered
- crawled
- crept
- cringed
- crouched
- curried favor
- debased
- deferred
- fell all over
- fell on one's knees
- flattered
- grovelled
- honey up
- invited
- jollied
- knelt
- kowtowed
- lay it on
- lick boots
- made up to
- massaged
- oiled
- paid court
- pandered
- played up to
- scraped
- slavered
- snowed
- stooped
- stroked
- submitted
- toadied
- truckled
- was at beck and called
- was obsequious
- was servile
- wooed
- yielded
- anticipate
- apprehend
- avoid
- be afraid
- be anxious
- be apprehensive
- be disquieted
- be frightened
- be in awe
- blanch
- break out in a sweat
- cower
- crouch
- dare not
- dread
- expect
- falter
- feel concern
- flinch
- foresee
- fret
- have butterflies
- have qualms
- lose courage
- quail
- quaver
- shrink
- shudder
- shun
- shy
- start
- suspect
- tremble
- wilt
- worry
- anticipating
- apprehending
- avoiding
- be disquieting
- being afraid
- being anxious
- being apprehensive
- being frightened
- being in awe
- blanching
- breaking out in a sweat
- cowering
- crouching
- daring not
- dreading
- expecting
- faltering
- feeling concern
- flinching
- foreseeing
- fretting
- having butterflies
- having qualms
- losing courage
- quailing
- quavering
- shrinking
- shuddering
- shunning
- shying
- starting
- suspecting
- trembling
- wilting
- worrying
- anticipates
- apprehends
- avoids
- be disquiets
- blanches
- breaks out in a sweat
- cowers
- crouches
- dares not
- dreads
- expects
- falters
- feels concern
- flinches
- foresees
- frets
- has butterflies
- has qualms
- is afraid
- is anxious
- is apprehensive
- is frightened
- is in awe
- loses courage
- quails
- quavers
- shies
- shrinks
- shudders
- shuns
- starts
- suspects
- trembles
- wilts
- worries
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