Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Hunker"

A: It means to stay put in a safe space. This is almost always used in the context of natural disasters.

"She couldn't get home safely in the snow, so she hunkered down in her office and waited for the storm to pass".

"In case of a natural disaster, we have plenty if food and water stored. Our plan is to hunker down until the worst of the chaos passes"

Sometimes this is used to mean that someone is staying someplace for a specific reason:

"I need to hunker down and finish my homework" means "I need to stay here until all of my homework is done".

A: To isolate, to stay in a safe place to protect yourself from the outside. In Indonesian is like “berlindung”.

A: To “hunker down” means to prepare for something that is coming by staying in one place.

A lot of times you’ll hear people say it when they are preparing for an intense event like Winter or the rising tide.

A: It means to get to work, or to focus. For example, "If I'm going to pass my test on Friday, I need to hunker down tonight and study!"

It also means "to squat".

A: "Hunker down" has a couple meanings and a lot of uses. The literal meaning is to crouch down with your feet on the ground and knees bent. It also can mean to work on something.

I'll try to explain the different meanings in each sentence.

"There is a storm coming so we should probably find a safe place to hunker down until it passes"
To take shelter

"I would love to come to the party but I have an exam tomorrow so I have to hunker down and study"
To be disciplined and work hard

"He hunkered down to get a better look under the car and look for any problems."
To crouch down

"We don't have to do anything fancy for our anniversary vacation, I'd be happy to just hunker down in a little cabin in the woods and spend the weekend together."
To stop and stay in one place

"He doesn't like it when I argue back, he just wants me to hunker down and take it while he yells at me"

"In world war one, one army would launch explosives and the other would hunker down in trenches for cover"
These two both mean to wait during an attack. The first would be mentally and the second literally.

A: It's not used much, so I don't think you need to learn it at your level (if you have put the right level), but I'll show you some examples anyway:

"The police are looking for me. I'll just have to hunker down for a while until the heat dies down."

"Hey, do you mind if I hunker down here for a bit? I'm very tired."

"The press have hunkered down for the night outside the palace, waiting for news of the royal birth." - https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hunker-down (the second definition on this page is only for US English)

"The rain was getting very heavy so we decided to hunker down in a nearby shopping centre."

Hope this helped you!

A: When the hurricane hit town, the Simpsons hunkered down in their basement.

I really need to study, so I'm going to hunker down in my room until it's time for school.

They hunkered down in the library to avoid the zombie hoard.

Edit: To hoard means to save or collect items without thinking. There is a famous TV show called Hoarders, where people's homes are so full of items it fills rooms. So, a "hoard" is an overflowing number of objects. There are 3 common phrases for "a hoard": treasure hoard, dragon's hoard, and zombie hoard.

So a zombie hoard is an extremely big crowd of zombies.

A: There are two meanings, one literal and one not so literal and based off the literal one.
First: To squat down.
He hunkered down next to his dog, to examine his fur.
Second: To lock oneself in their house and prepare to survive something.
We had to hunker down during the hurricane.

A: Crouch is used more often but they both mean the same thing