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squat



I - noun
1. exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent;
strengthens the leg muscles (Freq. 1)
Syn:
knee bend, squatting
Hypernyms:
leg exercise
2. a small worthless amount
- you don't know jack
Syn:
jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit,
diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, shit
Hypernyms:
small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
3. the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
Syn:
squatting
Derivationally related forms:
squat (for: squatting)
Hypernyms:
motion, movement, move, motility

II - verb
1. sit on one's heels (Freq. 8)
- In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
- The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm
Syn:
crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
Derivationally related forms:
squatting
Hypernyms:
sit, sit down
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- The children squat in the rocking chair
- There squat some children in the rocking chair
2. be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide (Freq. 2)
- The building squatted low
Hypernyms:
be
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
3. occupy (a dwelling) illegally
Derivationally related forms:
squatter
Hypernyms:
occupy, reside, lodge in
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP

III - adjective
1. short and thick;
as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature (Freq. 3)
- some people seem born to be square and chunky
- a dumpy little dumpling of a woman
- dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears
- a little church with a squat tower
- a squatty red smokestack
- a stumpy ungainly figure
Syn:
chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy
Similar to:
short, little
Derivationally related forms:
squattiness (for: squatty), squatness, dumpiness (for: dumpy)
2. having a low center of gravity;
built low to the ground (Freq. 2)
Syn:
underslung
Similar to:
low
Derivationally related forms:
squatness

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