Crouching or squatting close to the ground; esp. crouching still and quiet in hiding.

contracting, crouching.

contracted or drawn together, bowed together.

In predicative use: seated in a squatting or crouching posture; sitting close to the ground. Of persons.

Crouching.

That crouches (literal and figurative); see the verb.

Bending down, crouching. Obsolete. rare.

Settled down in a squatting posture.

Sitting closely to the ground; crouching.