Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - squat
Squat
squat
v., adj., & n. --v. (squatted, squatting) 1 intr. a crouch with the hams resting on the backs of the heels. b sit on the ground etc. with the knees drawn up and the heels close to or touching the hams. 2 tr. put (a person) into a squatting position. 3 intr. colloq. sit down. 4 a intr. act as a squatter. b tr. occupy (a building) as a squatter. 5 intr. (of an animal) crouch close to the ground. --adj. (squatter, squattest) 1 (of a person etc.) short and thick, dumpy. 2 in a squatting posture. --n. 1 a squatting posture. 2 a a place occupied by a squatter or squatters. b being a squatter. Derivatives squatly adv. squatness n. Etymology: ME f. OF esquatir flatten f. es- EX-(1) + quatir press down, crouch ult. f. L coactus past part. of cogere compel: see COGENT
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I. verb (~ted; ~ting) see: cache Date: 15th century transitive verb to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground, to occupy as a ~ter , intransitive verb to crouch close to the ground as if to escape observation , to assume or maintain a position in which the body is supported on the feet and the knees are bent so that the buttocks rest on or near the heels, to be or become a ~ter, II. adjective (~ter; ~test) Date: 15th century sitting with the haunches close above the heels, 2. low to the ground, marked by disproportionate shortness or thickness, ~ly adverb ~ness noun III. noun Date: 1580 1. the act of ~ting, the posture of one that ~s, 2. a place where one ~s, the lair of a small animal , a lift in which a standing weight lifter drops to a ~ting position and then rises to an upright position while holding a barbell on the shoulders, an empty house or building that is occupied by ~ters, diddly-~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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