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(noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position |
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Synonyms: squatting |
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Related Words: motion, move, movement |
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(noun) exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position; strengthens the leg muscles |
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Synonyms: squatting |
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Related Words: leg exercise |
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(verb) sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting" |
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Synonyms: crouch, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up |
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Related Words: sit, sit down |
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(satellite adjective) having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground |
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Synonyms: underslung |
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(verb) occupy (a dwelling) illegally |
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Related Words: lodge in, occupy, reside |
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(verb) be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The building squatted low" |
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Related Words: be |
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(satellite adjective) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "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" |
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Synonyms: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy |
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