squat

  • 11squat — [adj] short and stocky broad, chunky, dumpy*, fat, heavy, heavyset, splay, thick, thick bodied, thickset; concepts 491,773,779 Ant. lanky, skinny, slender, tall, thin squat [v] lower body by bending knees bow, cower, crouch, hunch, hunker down,… …

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  • 12squat|ty — «SKWOT ee», adjective, ti|er, ti|est. short and thick; low and broad; squat: »a squatty little shack …

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  • 13squat — index inhabit, lodge (reside), reside, rest (be supported by), usurp Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 14squat — (v.) early 15c., crouch on the heels, from O.Fr. esquatir press down, lay flat, crush, from es out (from L. ex ) + O.Fr. quatir press down, flatten, from V.L. *coactire press together, force, from L. coactus, pp. of cogere to compel, curdle,… …

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  • 15squat — adj *stocky, thickset, thick, chunky, stubby, dumpy Antonyms: lanky …

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  • 16squat — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 7}}[wym. skłot] {{/stl 7}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż IIa, Mc. squatacie {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} nielegalnie zajęty opuszczony budynek : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Dzięki squatom w Londynie nie ma aż tak wielu bezdomnych. (DzP) <ang.> {{/stl… …

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  • 17squat — ► VERB (squatted, squatting) 1) crouch or sit with the knees bent and the heels close to the bottom or thighs. 2) unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building or area of land. ► ADJECTIVE (squatter, squattest) ▪ short or low, and disproportionately… …

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  • 18squat — ab·squat·u·late; squat·a·ro·la; squat·a·role; squat; squat·i·na; squat·ly; squat·more; squat·ness; squat·tage; squat·ter·ism; squat·tish; squat·tle; squat·toc·ra·cy; squat·ty; squat·ter; ab·squat·u·la·tion; squat·er·ole; squat·i·nid;… …

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  • 19squat — [[t]skwɒ̱t[/t]] squats, squatting, squatted 1) VERB If you squat, you lower yourself towards the ground, balancing on your feet with your legs bent. He squatted, grunting at the pain in his knees... We squatted beside the pool and watched the… …

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  • 20squat — squat1 [skɔwt US skwa:t] v past tense and past participle squatted present participle squatting ↑jeans [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: esquatir, from quatir [i] to press , from Vulgar Latin coactire to press together , from Latin cogere;… …

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