Definitions of stoop [stup]

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Definition of 'stoop'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) stoop
to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position.

2.  stoop
to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward.

3.  stoop
to descend from one's level of dignity; condescend; deign.

4.  stoop
to swoop down, as a hawk at prey.

5.  stoop
to submit; yield.

6. (v.t.) stoop
to bend (oneself, one's head, etc.) forward and downward.

7.  stoop
Archaic. to abase, humble, or subdue.

8. (n.) stoop
an act or instance of stooping.

9.  stoop
a stooping position or carriage of the body.

10.  stoop
a descent from dignity or superiority.

11.  stoop
a downward swoop, as of a hawk.

12. (n.) stoop
a raised platform or porch, esp. a small porch with steps, at the entrance of a house.

Etymology: (1745–55, Amer.; < D stoep)

Definition of 'stoop'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) stoop
an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward

2. (noun) stoup, stoop
basin for holy water

3. (verb) stoop, stoep
small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house

4. (verb) crouch, stoop, bend, bow
bend one's back forward from the waist on down
"he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

5. (verb) condescend, stoop, lower oneself
debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
"I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"

6. (verb) stoop
descend swiftly, as if on prey
"The eagle stooped on the mice in the field"

7. (verb) stoop
sag, bend, bend over or down
"the rocks stooped down over the hiking path"

8. (verb) stoop
carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
"The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane"

Definition of 'stoop'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) stoop
to bend slightly forward
He stooped to avoid the low doorway.

Definition of 'stoop'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) stoop
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

2. (noun) stoop
a vessel of liquor; a flagon

3. (noun) stoop
a post fixed in the earth

4. (noun) stoop
the act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders

5. (noun) stoop
descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation

6. (noun) stoop
the fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop

7. (verb) stoop
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

8. (verb) stoop
to yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection

9. (verb) stoop
to descend from rank or dignity; to condescend

10. (verb) stoop
to come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop

11. (verb) stoop
to sink when on the wing; to alight

12. (verb) stoop
to bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body

13. (verb) stoop
to cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor

14. (verb) stoop
to cause to submit; to prostrate

15. (verb) stoop
to degrade

Translation of 'stoop'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to bend the body forward and downward The doorway was so low that he had to stoop (his head) to go through it; She stooped down to talk to the child.
Afrikaans: buk	Arabic: يَنْحَني	Bulgarian: навеждам се
Brazilian: inclinar-se	Czech: sehnout (se)	German: sich bücken
Danish: bukke sig	Greek: σκύβω	Spanish: inclinarse, agacharse
Estonian: kummardama	Farsi: خم شدن	Finnish: kyyristyä
French: se baisser	Hebrew: לְהִתכוֹפֵף	Hindi: झुकना
Croatian: sagnuti se, pognuti se	Hungarian: lehajol; görnyed	Indonesian: membungkukkan badan
Icelandic: lúta, halla sér fram	Italian: chinarsi, abbassarsi	Japanese: かがむ
Korean: 몸을 구부리다	Lithuanian: nu(si)lenkti, susilenkti	Latvian: pieliekties; noliekties
Malay: membongkokkan badan	Dutch: bukken	Norwegian: krøke ryggen, bøye seg
Polish: nachylać (się)	Portuguese: inclinar-se	Romanian: a se apleca
Russian: нагибать(ся)	Slovak: zohnúť (sa)	Slovenian: skloniti se
Serbian: pognuti se	Swedish: luta sig ner	Thai: ก้มตัวลง
Turkish: eğilmek	Taiwanese: 彎腰	Ukrainian: нахиляти(ся), нагинати(ся
Urdu: جھکنا	Vietnamese: cúi xuông, cúi khom	Chinese: 弯腰
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