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squatting
| Main Entry: |
squat
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower body by bending knees |
| Synonyms: | bow, cower, crouch, hunch, hunker down, perch, roost, settle, sit, stoop |
| Antonyms: | straighten, stretch |
| Main Entry: | colonization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | settlement of area |
| Synonyms: | clearing, establishment, expanding, expansion, founding, immigration, migration, opening up, peopling, pioneering, populating, settlement, settling, squatting, transplanting |
| Main Entry: | crouch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stoop low; cringe |
| Synonyms: | bend, bend down, bow, cower, dip, duck, grovel, huddle, hunch, hunker down, kneel, quail, quat, scrooch down, squat, stoop, wince |
| Antonyms: | stretch |
| Main Entry: | dwell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | live in |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, bunk, continue, crash*, establish oneself, exist, flop, hang one's hat, hang out*, hole up, inhabit, keep house, locate, lodge, make one's home, nest, occupy, park*, perch*, pitch tent, quarter, remain, rent, reside, rest, room, roost, settle, sojourn, squat, stay, stop, tarry, tenant, tent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hunch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cower, crouch |
| Synonyms: | arch, bend, bow, curve, draw in, draw together, huddle, hump, lean, scrooch down, squat, stoop, tense |
| Antonyms: | stand, straighten |
| Main Entry: | inhabit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take up residence in |
| Synonyms: | abide, crash, dwell, indwell, live, locate, lodge, make one's home, occupy, park, people, perch, populate, possess, reside, roost, settle, squat, stay, tenant |
| Antonyms: | depart, leave, move, vacate |
| Main Entry: | locate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | settle |
| Synonyms: | dig in, dispose, dwell, establish, fix, hang one's hat, inhabit, park, place, put, reside, seat, set, situate, squat, stand |
| Antonyms: | depart, leave, move |
| Main Entry: | lodge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stay at temporary residence |
| Synonyms: | abide, accommodate, bestow, board, bunk, canton, crash, domicile, dwell, entertain, harbor, hole up, hostel, house, locate, nest, park*, perch*, put up, quarter, rent, reside, room, roost, shelter, sojourn, squat, station, stay, stay over, stop |
| Antonyms: | leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sit atop of |
| Synonyms: | alight, balance, land, light, rest, roost, set down, settle, sit on, squat, touch down |
| Antonyms: | lower |
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