crouch (v)
stoop (v)
bend#3 (v)
bow#1 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 38
def bend one's back forward from the waist on down
examples he crouched down
She bowed before the Queen
The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
Outgoing links
Hypernym bend, flex
Entailment change posture
Derivationally related form bow → bow
Derivationally related form stoop → stoop; stoop → stooper
Also see stoop → stoop to
Derivationally related form crouch → crouch
Hyponym squinch; huddle, cower
Incoming links
Derivationally related form stoop → stoop; stooper → stoop
Derivationally related form crouch → crouch
Derivationally related form bow → bow
Hyponym bend, flex
Hypernym squinch; huddle, cower

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