to squat down
1ˌsquat ˈdown — phrasal verb same as squat …
2squat — [[t]skwɒ̱t[/t]] squats, squatting, squatted 1) VERB If you squat, you lower yourself towards the ground, balancing on your feet with your legs bent. He squatted, grunting at the pain in his knees... We squatted beside the pool and watched the… …
3squat — squat1 [skɔwt US skwa:t] v past tense and past participle squatted present participle squatting ↑jeans [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: esquatir, from quatir [i] to press , from Vulgar Latin coactire to press together , from Latin cogere;… …
4squat — I UK [skwɒt] / US [skwɑt] verb [intransitive] Word forms squat : present tense I/you/we/they squat he/she/it squats present participle squatting past tense squatted past participle squatted * 1) squat or squat down to bend your knees and lower… …
5squat — squat1 [ skwat ] verb * 1. ) squat or squat down intransitive to bend your knees and lower yourself towards the ground so that you balance on your feet: CROUCH 2. ) intransitive or transitive to live in a place without permission and without… …
6squat — 1 verb squatted, squatting (I) 1 also squat down to sit with your knees bent under you, your bottom off the ground, and balancing on your feet (+ on/behind/in etc): Parsons squatted down beside the footprints to get a better look. 2 to live in a… …
7squat — [skwɒt] verb [I] I 1) to bend your knees and lower yourself towards the ground so that you balance on your feet Syn: crouch 2) to live in a place without permission and without paying the owner • squat down II noun [C] British squat [skwɒt] a… …
8Squat — 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},… …
9squat — (v.) early 15c., crouch on the heels, from O.Fr. esquatir press down, lay flat, crush, from es out (from L. ex ) + O.Fr. quatir press down, flatten, from V.L. *coactire press together, force, from L. coactus, pp. of cogere to compel, curdle,… …
10squat — [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,… …