se recroqueviller meaning in English

curl up▼◼◼◼(to become coiled or shrivelled)
verb
[UK: kɜːl ʌp] [US: ˈkɝːl ʌp]

curl up▼◼◼◼(to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees)
verb
[UK: kɜːl ʌp] [US: ˈkɝːl ʌp]

cower [cowered, cowering, cowers]▼◼◼◻(to crouch in fear)
verb
[UK: ˈkaʊə(r)] [US: ˈkaʊər]

crouch [crouched, crouching, crouches]▼◼◻◻(to bend down)
verb
[UK: kraʊtʃ] [US: ˈkraʊtʃ]

contract [contracted, contracting, contracts]▼◼◻◻(intransitive: draw together; shorten; lessen)
verb
[UK: kən.ˈtrækt] [US: ˈkɑːn.ˌtrækt]