What does crouching mean?
Crouching means present participle and gerund of crouch.
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/ˈkɹaʊt͡ʃɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of crouch.
[…] so this gathering of rabbits in the dark, beginning with hesitant approaches, silences, pauses, movements, crouchings side by side and all manner of tentative appraisals, slowly moved, like a hemisphere of the world into summer, to a warmer, brighter region of mutual liking and approval, until all felt sure that they had nothing to fear.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Use crouching when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Crouching means present participle and gerund of crouch.
Common synonyms include huddled, hunkered, hunkered down, crouched.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] so this gathering of rabbits in the dark, beginning with hesitant approaches, silences, pauses, movements, crouchings side by side and all manner of tentative appraisals, slowly moved, like a hemisphere of the world into summer, to a warmer, brighter region of mutual liking and approval, until all felt sure that they had nothing to fear.
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