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squatting
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squat
noun
1 squat
Exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles.
synonyms: knee bend, squatting.
Dutch: kraakactie
Polish: przysiad
2 squat
3 squat
The act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels.
synonym: squatting.
Dutch: hurken
Polish: siad kuczny, kucki
verb
1 squat
Sit on one's heels:
— In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting.
synonyms: crouch, hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up.
Roget 308:
depress,
lower,
let down,
take down,
let down a peg,
take down a peg;
cast;
let drop,
let fall;
sink,
debase,
bring low,
abase,
reduce,
detrude†,
pitch,
precipitate.
overthrow,
overturn,
overset†;
upset,
subvert,
prostate,
level,
fell;
cast down,
take down,
throw down,
fling down,
dash down,
pull down,
cut down,
knock down,
hew down;
raze,
raze to the ground,
rase to the ground†;
trample in the dust,
pull about one's ears.
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
etc.
(be horizontal)
213.
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Roget 184:
place,
situate,
locate,
localize,
make a place for,
put,
lay,
set,
seat,
station,
lodge,
quarter,
post,
install;
house,
stow;
establish,
fix,
pin,
root;
graft;
plant
etc.
(insert)
300;
shelve,
pitch,
camp,
lay down,
deposit,
reposit†;
cradle;
moor,
tether,
picket;
pack,
tuck in;
embed,
imbed;
vest,
invest in.
billet on,
quarter upon,
saddle with;
load,
lade,
freight;
pocket,
put up,
bag.
inhabit
etc.
(be present)
186;
domesticate,
colonize;
take root,
strike root;
anchor;
cast anchor,
come to an anchor;
sit down,
settle down;
settle;
take up one's abode,
take up one's quarters;
plant oneself,
establish oneself,
locate oneself;
squat,
perch,
hive,
se nicher [Fr.],
bivouac,
burrow,
get a footing;
encamp,
pitch one's tent;
put up at,
put up one's horses at;
keep house.
endenizen†,
naturalize,
adopt.
put back,
replace
etc.
(restore)
660.
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2 squat
Be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide.
3 squat
Occupy (a dwelling) illegally.
Dutch: kraken
adjective
1 squat
Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature:
— A little church with a squat tower.
— A squatty red smokestack.
synonyms: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy.
Roget 201:
short,
brief,
curt;
compendious,
compact;
stubby,
scrimp;
shorn,
stubbed;
stumpy,
thickset,
pug;
chunky [U.S.],
decurtate†;
retrousse†;
stocky;
squab,
squabby†;
squat,
dumpy;
little
etc.
193;
curtailed of its fair proportions;
short by;
oblate;
concise
etc.
572;
summary.
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Roget 202:
broad,
wide,
ample,
extended;
discous†;
fanlike;
outspread,
outstretched;
wide as a church-door"
[Romeo and Juliet];
latifoliate†,
latifolous†.
thick,
dumpy,
squab,
squat,
thickset;
thick as a rope.
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Roget 193:
little;
small
etc.
(in quantity)
32;
minute,
diminutive,
microscopic;
microzoal;
inconsiderable
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
exiguous,
puny,
tiny,
wee,
petty,
minikin†,
miniature,
pygmy,
pigmy†,
elfin;
undersized;
dwarf,
dwarfed,
dwarfish;
spare,
stunted,
limited;
cramp,
cramped;
pollard,
Liliputian,
dapper,
pocket;
portative†,
portable;
duodecimo†;
dumpy,
squat;
short
etc.
201.
impalpable,
intangible,
evanescent,
imperceptible,
invisible,
inappreciable,
insignificant,
inconsiderable,
trivial;
infinitesimal,
homoeopathic†;
atomic,
subatomic,
corpuscular,
molecular;
rudimentary,
rudimental;
embryonic,
vestigial.
weazen†,
scant,
scraggy,
scrubby;
thin
etc.
(narrow)
203;
granular
etc.
(powdery)
330;
shrunk
etc.
195;
brevipennate†.
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Roget 207:
low,
neap,
debased;
nether,
nether most;
flat,
level with the ground;
lying low
etc.
v.;
crouched,
subjacent,
squat,
prostrate
etc.
(horizontal)
213.
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Polish: przysadzisty
2 squat
Having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground.
synonym: underslung.
Polish: przysadzisty
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