Cower

v. i.	1.	To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear. [imp. & p. p. Cowered (kou"ẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cowering.] Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire. - Dryden. Like falcons, cowering on the nest. - Goldsmith.
v. t.	1.	To cherish with care.

Verb	1.	cower - crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain" Synonyms: huddle
	2.	cower - show submission or fear Synonyms: fawn, grovel, cringe, crawl, creep

apple-polish, bend, bend the knee, blench, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, crawl, creep, crouch, dodder, fawn, flatter, get down, grovel, halt, hunch, hunch down, kneel, kowtow, lick the dust, lickspittle, limp, quiver, recoil, scrouch down, shake, shrink, skulk, slink, sneak, squat, stoop, teeter, toadeat, toady, totter, tremble, truckle, wallow, welter

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