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stoop

1  [stoop] ,
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–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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME stoupen (v.), OE stūpian; c. MD stūpen to bend, bow; akin to steep 1

Related forms:
stooper, noun
stoop⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. lean, crouch. See bend 1 .

stoop

2  [stoop] ,
–noun
a small raised platform, approached by steps and sometimes having a roof and seats, at the entrance of a house; a small porch.
Origin:
1670–80, Americanism; < D stoep; c. MLG stōpe, G Stufe step in a stair. See step

stoop

3  [stoop] ,
–noun
stoup.
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stoop 1   (stōōp)   
v.   stooped, stoop·ing, stoops

v.   intr.
  1. To bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back: had to stoop in order to fit into the cave.
  2. To walk or stand, especially habitually, with the head and upper back bent forward.
  3. To bend or sag downward.
    1. To lower or debase oneself.
    2. To descend from a superior position; condescend.
  5. To yield; submit.
  6. To swoop down, as a bird in pursuing its prey.
v.   tr.
  1. To bend (the head or body) forward and down.
  2. To debase; humble.
n.  
  1. The act of stooping.
  2. A forward bending of the head and upper back, especially when habitual.
  3. An act of self-abasement or condescension.
  4. A descent, as of a bird of prey.

[Middle English stoupen, from Old English stūpian.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to descend to a level considered inappropriate to one's dignity: stooped to contemptible methods to realize their ambitions; won't condescend to acknowledge his rival's greeting; didn't even deign to reply.
stoop 2   (stōōp)   
n.   Chiefly Northeastern U.S.
A small porch, platform, or staircase leading to the entrance of a house or building.

[Dutch stoep, front verandah, from Middle Dutch.]
Originally brought to the Hudson Valley of New York by settlers from the Netherlands, a few items of Dutch vocabulary have survived there from colonial times until the present. Stoop, "a small porch," comes from Dutch stoep; this word is now in general use in the Northeast and is probably spreading. The word olicook, which appears to be dying out, means "doughnut," and comes from Dutch oliekoek—literally, "oil cake." And the Dutch word kill for a small running stream is used throughout New York State.
stoop 3   (stōōp)   
n.  Variant of stoup.
stoup also stoop   (stōōp)   
n.  
  1. Ecclesiastical A basin or font for holy water at the entrance of a church.
  2. A drinking vessel, such as a cup or tankard.
  3. Scots A bucket or pail.

[Middle English stoup, bucket, jar, from Old Norse staup, cup.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : stoop
Spanish: inclinarse, agacharse,
German: sich bücken,
Japanese: かがむ
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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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