Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crouch \Crouch\ (krouch; 129), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crouched}
   (kroucht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crouching}.] [OE. cruchen,
   crouchen, crouken; cf. E. creep, G. krauchen, kriechen, or E.
   crook to bend, also crouch to cross.]
   1. To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground
      with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or
      in fear.

            Now crouch like a cur.                --Beau. & Fl.

   2. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
      ``A crouching purpose.'' --Wordsworth.

            Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor?
                                                  --Shak.

Crouched \Crouched\ (kroucht), a.
   Marked with the sign of the cross. [Obs.]

   {Crouched friar}. See {Crutched friar}, under {Crutched}.

Source : WordNet®

crouched
     adj : squatting close to the ground; "poorly clothed men huddled
           low against the wind"; "he stayed in the ditch hunkered
           down" [syn: {crouching}, {huddled}, {hunkered}, {hunkered
           down}]