KJV Dictionary Definition: crouch

crouch

CROUCH, v.i. G., to creep, to stoop, to cringe.

1. To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground; as an animal. A dog crouches to his master; a lion crouches in the thicket.

2. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.

Every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of bread. 1 Samuel 2.

CROUCH, v.t. See Cross. To sign with the cross; to bless. Not in use.

crouching

CROUCHING, ppr. Bending; stooping; cringing.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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