क्रुञ्च्

{ kruñc }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

क्रुञ्च्    1. ( [Pāṇ. 3-2, 59]) cl. 1. P. क्रुञ्चति, ‘to curve or make crooked’ or ‘to be crooked, move crookedly’ [Dhātup. vii, 4];

‘to become small, shrink’, or ‘to make small, lessen’ ib.;

to go towards, approach, [Vop.]
क्रुञ्च्  m.  2. m. ( [Pāṇ. 3-2, 59]) a kind of snipe, curlew, [VS. xix, 73]; [TāṇḍyaBr. xiii]; [Bhaṭṭ.]
क्रौञ्च    N. of a ऋषि [Comm.] [TāṇḍyaBr. xiii] ( cf..)

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

क्रुञ्च् [kruñc]   1 P. (क्रुञ्चति, क्रुञ्चित)
To curve or make crooked.
To become or be crooked.
To be or become small, shrink.
To make small, lessen.
To approach, arrive at, go up to.
क्रुञ्च् [kruñc]  m. m.
A curlew, heron; अद्भयः क्षीरं व्यपिबत्क्रुङ्ङा- ङ्गिरसो धिया [Vāj.19.73.]
A swan. भृङ्गाली-कोकिल-क्रुङ्भि- र्वाशनैः पश्य लक्ष्मण [Bk.6.73.]