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stoop
1[ stoop ]
verb (used without object)
- to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position:
to stoop over a desk.
Synonyms: ,
- to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward:
to stoop from age.
- (of trees, precipices, etc.) to bend, bow, or lean.
- to descend from one's level of dignity; condescend; deign:
Don't stoop to argue with him.
- to swoop down, as a hawk at prey.
- to submit; yield.
- Obsolete. to come down from a height.
verb (used with object)
- to bend (oneself, one's head, etc.) forward and downward.
- Archaic. to abase, humble, or subdue.
noun
- the act or an instance of stooping.
- a stooping position or carriage of body:
The elderly man walked with a stoop.
- a descent from dignity or superiority.
- a downward swoop, as of a hawk.
stoop
2[ stoop ]
noun
- a small porch or platform at the entrance to a house, or the steps leading up to it.
stoop
3[ stoop ]
noun
stoop
1/ ٳː /
verb
- also tr to bend (the body or the top half of the body) forward and downward
- to carry oneself with head and shoulders habitually bent forward
- often foll by to to abase or degrade oneself
- often foll by to to condescend; deign
- (of a bird of prey) to swoop down
- archaic.to give in
noun
- the act, position, or characteristic of stooping
- a lowering from a position of dignity or superiority
- a downward swoop, esp of a bird of prey
stoop
2/ ٳː /
noun
- a small platform with steps up to it at the entrance to a building
stoop
3/ ٳː /
noun
- archaic.a pillar or post
stoop
4/ ٳː /
noun
- a less common spelling of stoup
Derived Forms
- ˈٴǴDZ辱Բ, adjective
- ˈٴǴDZ辱Բly, adverb
- ˈٴǴDZ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ٴǴDZİ noun
- ٴǴDZiԲ· adverb
- ԴDz·ٴǴDZiԲ adjective
- ܲ·ٴǴDZ adjective
- ܲ·ٴǴDZiԲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of stoop1
Origin of stoop2
Origin of stoop3
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Made of white Carrara marble, it depicts the pontiff in his later years, stooping and clutching a crucifix, his brow furrowed in pain.
The stoop, likely the site of Hodges’ proposal, was strewn with red roses, candles and framed photographs.
The three women in the painting stoop low in the field, their hands reaching for leftover stalks of wheat.
Maybe stooping over a hot stove for hours to prepare a traditional Christmas dinner doesn’t quite put you in the holiday mood.
When they headed south from Roberta’s apartment on Avenue C around 10, there were two-foot drifts against the side of stoops.
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