squat or stoop down
1Squat — Squat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squatted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squatting}.] [OE. squatten to crush, OF. esquater, esquatir (cf. It. quatto squat, cowering), perhaps fr. L. ex + coactus, p. p. of cogere to drive or urge together. See {Cogent}, {Squash},… …
2stoop — [n] slouched posture droop, round shoulders, sag, slouch, slump; concept 757 Ant. straightening stoop [v1] bow down be bowed, bend, be servile, bow, cringe, crouch, descend, dip, duck, hunch, incline, kneel, lean, relax, sink, slant, squat;… …
3squat — [adj] short and stocky broad, chunky, dumpy*, fat, heavy, heavyset, splay, thick, thick bodied, thickset; concepts 491,773,779 Ant. lanky, skinny, slender, tall, thin squat [v] lower body by bending knees bow, cower, crouch, hunch, hunker down,… …
4squat — Synonyms and related words: Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, abide, adipose, anchor, be enfeoffed of, be possessed of, be seated, be seized of, beefy, bend, berth, big bellied, billet at, bivouac, bloated, blocky, blowzy, boast, bob, bosomy, bow, brawny,… …
5squat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dumpy, stocky, pudgy. See shortness, lowness. Ant., tall, lanky. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stocky, broad, heavy, thickset, stubby; see also fat 1 , short 1 . v. Syn. stoop, hunch, cower; see bow 1 …
6stoop — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, accord, be shamed, belly buster, belly flop, belly whopper, bend, bend the knee, bend the neck, bend to, bob, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, bow down, bow to, cannonball, cascade, cataract, chute, collapse …
7stoop — I v 1. bend, lean, crook; bow, curtsy, salaam, kowtow, genuflect; crouch, squat, hunker, hunch, Sl. scrooch down, kneel; slouch, slump, droop, nod, flag, sag, sink; duck, bob, dip, dive. 2. condescend, lower or humble oneself, deign; assent,… …
8squat — v 1. crouch, sit on one s haunches or heels, hunker, hunker down, bend, bend down, stoop, hunch, hunch over. 2. cringe, cower, shrink, lie low, crawl, creep. 3. settle, take up residence, set up housekeeping, establish oneself, put down roots;… …
9Depression — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Depression >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 lowering lowering &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 depression depression Sgm: N 1 dip dip &c.(concavity) 252 Sgm: N 1 abasement abasement Sgm: N 1 detrusion detrusi …
10Idar-Oberstein — Schloss Oberstein, castle on the hills above Oberstein …