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HUNKER
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they hunker ... he / she / it hunkers
Past simple: hunkered
Past participle: hunkered
-ing form: hunkering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sit on one's heels
Example:
The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm
Synonyms:
crouch; hunker; hunker down; scrunch; scrunch up; squat
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "hunker" is one way to...):
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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