Answer: crouches

AnswerCrossword Clue
CROUCHESTalks with a tot, perhaps
crouchesbow especially in humility or fear bend
croucheslie close to the ground with the legs bent a pair of cats, crouching on the brink of a fight Aldous Huxley
crouchesbend or bow servilely cringe
crouchesto lower the body stance especially by bending the legs a sprinter crouched ready to go
crouchesstand at a low height cottages crouched along the river
crouchesCROUCH, to stoop (to bend the body forward and down)