- Be round-shouldered
- Bend forward
- Bend low
- Bend over
- Condescend
- Deign, too, to enter empty shop
- Hunch over
- Hunker down
- Squat
- Stoop or bend
- 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.
- To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
- To sign with the cross; to bless.
- To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.