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Meaning of 'stoop' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stoop [ n.]
- Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.
- A vessel of liquor; a flagon.
- A post fixed in the earth.
- The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.
- Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.
- The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.
2 . Stoop [ v. i.]
- To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.
- To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
- To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
- To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
- To sink when on the wing; to alight.
3 . Stoop [ v. t.]
- To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body.
- To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.
- To cause to submit; to prostrate.
- To degrade.

Meaning of 'stoop' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stoop [ v]
Meaning (1):
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
Example in sentence:
  • he crouched down;
  • She bowed before the Queen;
  • The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
Meaning (2):
- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
Example in sentence:
  • I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
Meaning (3):
- descend swiftly, as if on prey
Example in sentence:
  • The eagle stooped on the mice in the field
Meaning (4):
- carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
Example in sentence:
  • The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane
Meaning (5):
- sag, bend, bend over or down
Example in sentence:
  • the rocks stooped down over the hiking path

Nearby Words:

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