1.  cringe(v = verb.motion) flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
is one way to move
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

2.  cringe(v = verb.motion) cower, crawl, creep, fawn, grovel - show submission or fear;
is one way to bend, flex
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s PP

   To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence, to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn. [1913 Webster]
"When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid of the lions." [1913 Webster]
"Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou
Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored
Heaven's awful monarch?" [1913 Webster]
"Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing." [1913 Webster]

   To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort. [1913 Webster]
"Till like a boy you see him cringe his face,
And whine aloud for mercy." [1913 Webster]

   Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility. Cowper. [1913 Webster]

cringe, v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 shrink back in fear or apprehension; cower.
2 (often foll. by to) behave obsequiously.
--n. the act or an instance of cringing.

Derivative:
cringer n.

Etymology:
ME crenge, crenche, OE cringan, crincan: see CRANK(1)

VB  cringe, bow, stoop, kneel, bend the knee, fall on one's knees, prostrate oneself, worship, sneak, crawl, crouch, cower, sponge, truckle to, grovel, fawn, lick the feet of, kiss the hem of one's garment, kiss one's ass, suck up, pay court to, feed on, fatten on, dance attendance on, pin oneself upon, hang on the sleeve of, avaler les couleuvres, keep time to, fetch and carry, do the dirty work of, go with the stream, worship the rising sun, hold with the hare and run with the hounds.