What is the meaning of squatting?

noun

• Exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles.
  • synonyms: knee bend, squat
• The act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels.
  • synonyms: squat

verb

• Sit on one's heels.
  • usage: "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
  • synonyms: squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
• Be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide.
  • usage: "The building squatted low"
  • synonyms: squat
• Occupy (a dwelling) illegally.
  • synonyms: squat