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squat

adjective as in short and stocky

verb as in lower body by bending knees

Strong matches

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She got a place to study at Cambridge University but, struggling to cope with a lack of support, she dropped out and found herself sleeping rough and going between squats.

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D5 - the squat bungalow - now sits derelict, out of place among a row of plush, well-kept homes.

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Its opening poem, “Digging,” feels earthbound with its low-pitched vowels: “Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.”

In part, I needed a trainer to keep me from dropping a barbell on myself; plus I had no clue how to safely do a squat, let alone design an effective workout.

They arranged themselves in a circle, squatting on their haunches as they used to do.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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