- cower down
- visich niederkauern
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cower down
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cower — ► VERB ▪ crouch down or shrink back in fear. ORIGIN Low German k ren lie in wait … English terms dictionary
cower — UK [ˈkaʊə(r)] / US [ˈkaʊr] verb [intransitive] Word forms cower : present tense I/you/we/they cower he/she/it cowers present participle cowering past tense cowered past participle cowered to move your body down and away from someone or something… … English dictionary
cower — Synonyms and related words: apple polish, bend, bend the knee, blench, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, dodder, fawn, flatter, flinch, get down, grovel, halt, hunch, hunch down, kneel, kowtow, lick the dust,… … Moby Thesaurus
cower — cow|er [ kaur ] verb intransitive to move your body down and away from someone or something because you are frightened: CRINGE: The dog was cowering in a corner. ╾ cow|er|ing adjective … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cower — verb crouch down in fear. Origin ME: from Mid. Low Ger. kūren lie in wait … English new terms dictionary
cower — [ˈkaʊə] verb [I] to move your body down and away from someone because you are frightened Syn: cringe … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
squat — [c]/skwɒt / (say skwot) verb (squatted or squat, squatting) –verb (i) 1. to assume a posture close to the ground with the knees bent and the back more or less straight resting either on the balls of the feet, or with feet flat. 2. to crouch or… …
съёживаться — и ЁЖИТЬСЯ, несов. (сов. съёжиться, от чего и без доп. Сжиматься (сжаться) всем телом в комок, тесно прижав к себе согнутые руки и ноги (о человеке, животном), обычно от холода, стеснения, болезни и т.п. [impf. coll. to cower (down), cringe, wince … Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов
ёжиться — СЪЁЖИВАТЬСЯ и ЁЖИТЬСЯ, несов. (сов. съёжиться, от чего и без доп. Сжиматься (сжаться) всем телом в комок, тесно прижав к себе согнутые руки и ноги (о человеке, животном), обычно от холода, стеснения, болезни и т.п. [impf. coll. to cower (down),… … Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов
crouch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. bend, squat, stoop; cower, cringe. See depression, servility, fear. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To stoop] Syn. squat, bend, hunch, hunker down; see bow 1 . 2. [To cower] Syn. cringe, flinch, quail; see… … English dictionary for students
Depression — (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 … English dictionary for students
