I squatted down to lace my daughter's shoes

[alpacinou]

Hello

What is a verb that can describe the slow movement of a person downwards? For example when a father moves down to lace his kid's shoes. Or when a tailor moves down to measure his client.

I was thinking about "squat". Is it the right choice?

I squatted down to lace my daughter's shoes.

 

[GoesStation]

That works.

 

[Rover_KE]

I prefer I knelt down ...

 

[Yankee]

Understood, but I would prefer/use 'bent over'.

 

[alpacinou]

Bending over, squatting down and kneeling down are different actions.

What about crouching down?

 

[GoesStation]

What about crouching down?

That's possible, too. A crouch​ combines aspects of bending over and squatting.