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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb has 3 senses
- hunker down(v = verb.contact) crouch, hunker, scrunch, scrunch up, squat - sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
- hunker down(v = verb.perception) - take shelter; "During the sandstorm, they hunkered down in a small hut"
- hunker down(v = verb.communication) - hold stubbornly to a position; "The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down"
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CIDE DICTIONARY
, v.
- to crouch or squat; to sit on one's haunches. [PJC]
- to settle in at a location for an extended period; -- also (figuratively) to maintain a position and resist yielding to some pressure, as of public opinion. [PJC]
- to take shelter, literally or figuratively; to assume a defensive position to resist difficulties. [PJC]