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squatina squatina |
squatinidae |
squatness |
squatter |
squattiness |
squatting
| squatty
| squaw
| squaw corn
| squaw grass
| squaw huckleberry
squatting (root: squat)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun squatting has 2 senses
- squatting(n = noun.act) knee bend, squat - exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles; Array is a kind of leg exercise
- squatting(n = noun.act) squat - the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels; Array is a kind of motility, motion, move, movement
Derived form verb squat1
THESAURUS
squatting
abiding, abode, adverse possession, alodium, burgage, claim, cohabitation, colony, commorancy, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative title, dwelling, fee fief, fee position, fee simple, fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional, fee simple defeasible, fee simple determinable, fee tail, feodum, feud, fiefdom, frankalmoign, free socage, freehold, gavelkind, habitancy, habitation, having title to, hold, holding, inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, knight service, lay fee, lease, leasehold, legal claim, legal possession, living, lodging, mandate, nesting, occupancy, occupation, original title, owning, possessing, possession, preoccupancy, preoccupation, prepossession, prescription, property, property rights, proprietary rights, residence, residency, residing, seisin, socage, sojourning, staying, staying over, stopping, sublease, tenancy, tenantry, tenure, tenure in chivalry, title, underlease, undertenancy, usucapion, villein socage, villeinhold, villenage
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