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squat

(skw/A/t )

Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.(adjective)

source: webster1913

exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles(noun.act)

Synonym:
knee bend, squatting

source: wordnet30
a small worthless amount(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit

source: wordnet30
the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels(noun.act)

Synonym:
squatting

source: wordnet30
The angel fish (Squatina angelus).(noun)

source: webster1913
The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.(noun)

source: webster1913

sit on one's heels(verb.contact)

Example:
In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting.

Synonym:
crouch, hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up

source: wordnet30
be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide(verb.stative)

Example:
The building squatted low.

source: wordnet30
occupy (a dwelling) illegally(verb.stative)

source: wordnet30
To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.(verb)

source: webster1913
To bruise or make flat by a fall.(verb)

source: webster1913

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