To bend; stoop low; lie or stoop close to the ground, as an animal in preparing to spring or from fear: as, a dog crouches to his master, a lion crouches in the thicket.To bow or stoop servilely; make slavish obeisance; fawn; cringe.To bend or cause to bend low, as if for concealment, or in fear or abasement.n. A cross; a crucifix; the sign of the cross; the cross on a coin, or the coin itself. See cross, n.To sign with the cross; bless.