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stoop
1 [stoop]
,–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk. |
| 2. | to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward: to stoop from age. |
| 3. | (of trees, precipices, etc.) to bend, bow, or lean. |
| 4. | to descend from one's level of dignity; condescend; deign: Don't stoop to argue with him. |
| 5. | to swoop down, as a hawk at prey. |
| 6. | to submit; yield. |
| 7. | Obsolete. to come down from a height. |
–verb (used with object)
| 8. | to bend (oneself, one's head, etc.) forward and downward. |
| 9. | Archaic. to abase, humble, or subdue. |
–noun
| 10. | the act or an instance of stooping. |
| 11. | a stooping position or carriage of body: The elderly man walked with a stoop. |
| 12. | a descent from dignity or superiority. |
| 13. | a downward swoop, as of a hawk. |
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stoop 3 (stōōp) n. Variant of stoup. |
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Stoop
Stoop\, n. [D. stoep.] (Arch.) 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. [U. S.]Stoop
Stoop\, n. [OE. stope, Icel. staup; akin to AS. ste['a]p, D. stoop, G. stauf, OHG. stouph.] A vessel of liquor; a flagon. [Written also stoup.] Fetch me a stoop of liquor. --Shak.Stoop
Stoop\, n. [Cf. Icel. staup a knobby lump.] A post fixed in the earth. [Prov. Eng.]Stoop
Stoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stooping.] [OE. stoupen; akin to AS. st?pian, OD. stuypen, Icel. st[=u]pa, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt. Cf 5th Steep.]1. 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. 2. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection. Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long, . . . Yet stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong. --Dryden. These are arts, my prince, In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome. --Addison. 3. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. "She stoops to conquer." --Goldsmith. Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it multiplieth riches exceedingly. --Bacon. 4. To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop. The bird of Jove, stooped from his a["e]ry tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove. --Milton. 5. To sink when on the wing; to alight. And stoop with closing pinions from above. --Dryden. Cowering low With blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing. --Milton. Syn: To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower; shrink.Stoop
Stoop\, v. t. 1. To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body. "Have stooped my neck." --Shak. 2. To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor. 3. To cause to submit; to prostrate. [Obs.] Many of those whose states so tempt thine ears Are stooped by death; and many left alive. --Chapman. 4. To degrade. [Obs.] --Shak.Stoop
Stoop\, n. 1. The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders. 2. Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation. Can any loyal subject see With patience such a stoop from sovereignty? --Dryden. 3. The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop. --L'Estrange.
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Language Translation for : stoop
Spanish:
inclinarse, agacharse,
German:
sich bücken,
Japanese:
かがむ
stoop (v.)
"bend forward," O.E. stupian "to bow, bend" (cognate with M.Du. stupen "to bow, bend"), from P.Gmc. *stup-, from PIE *(s)teu- (see steep (adj.)). Figurative sense of "condescend" is from 1579. Sense of "swoop" is first recorded 1575 in falconry.
stoop (n.)
"raised open platform at the door of a house," 1755, Amer.Eng. and Canadian, from Du. stoep "flight of steps, doorstep, stoop," from M.Du., from P.Gmc. *stopo "step" (see step).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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