Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to crouch
Participle: crouched
Gerund: crouching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | crouch |
| you | crouch |
| he;she;it | crouches |
| we | crouch |
| you | crouch |
| they | crouch |
Perfect
| I | have crouched |
| you | have crouched |
| he;she;it | has crouched |
| we | have crouched |
| you | have crouched |
| they | have crouched |
Past
| I | crouched |
| you | crouched |
| he;she;it | crouched |
| we | crouched |
| you | crouched |
| they | crouched |
Pluperfect
| I | had crouched |
| you | had crouched |
| he;she;it | had crouched |
| we | had crouched |
| you | had crouched |
| they | had crouched |
Future
| I | will crouch |
| you | will crouch |
| he;she;it | will crouch |
| we | will crouch |
| you | will crouch |
| they | will crouch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have crouched |
| you | will have crouched |
| he;she;it | will have crouched |
| we | will have crouched |
| you | will have crouched |
| they | will have crouched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | crouch |
| you | crouch |
| he;she;it | crouch |
| we | crouch |
| you | crouch |
| they | crouch |
Perfect
| I | have crouched |
| you | have crouched |
| he;she;it | have crouched |
| we | have crouched |
| you | have crouched |
| they | have crouched |
Imperfect
| I | crouched |
| you | crouched |
| he;she;it | crouched |
| we | crouched |
| you | crouched |
| they | crouched |
Pluperfect
| I | had crouched |
| you | had crouched |
| he;she;it | had crouched |
| we | had crouched |
| you | had crouched |
| they | had crouched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would crouch |
| you | would crouch |
| he;she;it | would crouch |
| we | would crouch |
| you | would crouch |
| they | would crouch |
Perfect
| I | would have crouched |
| you | would have crouched |
| he;she;it | would have crouched |
| we | would have crouched |
| you | would have crouched |
| they | would have crouched |
Imperative
| you | crouch |
| we | Let's crouch |
| you | crouch |
Verbs conjugated like 'crouch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'crouch'
couch,
crotch,
grouch,
avouch,
broach,
bronch,
brooch,
coach,
conch,
cotch,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English crouchen (“to bend, crouch”), variant of croken (“to bend, crook”), from crok (“crook, hook”), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“wicker, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind, weave”). Compare Middle Dutch krōken (“to crook, curl”). More at crook. See: Middle English '
crouchen'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] rather than at, the deep blue sky; the gliding on at night, so noiselessly, past frowning hills, sullen with dark trees, and sometimes angry in one red, burning spot high up, where unseen men lay crouching round a fire; the shining out of the bright stars undisturbed by noise of wheels or steam, or any other sound than the limpid rippling of the water as the boat went on: all these were pure delights.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] its side; the man gone miles away, to look for assistance; the woman seated among their wandering household gods with a baby at her breast, a picture of forlorn, dejected patience; the team of oxen crouching down mournfully in the mud, and breathing forth such clouds of vapour from their mouths and nostrils, that all the damp mist and fog around seemed to have come direct from them.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Slowly the weary, dispirited creatures, wound their way into the room, and, with crouching reluctance, presented their baskets to be weighed.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)