stoop in English
- stoop⇄noun stooper.
- stoop⇄noun 1. an act of stooping; bending forward.
2. a forward bend.
3. a forward bend of the head and shoulders.
Ex. My uncle walks with a stoop.
4. (Figurative.) condescension.
5. the swoop of a bird of prey on its quarry. - stoop⇄stoop (1), verb, noun.
- stoop⇄stoop (2), noun.
(U.S.) a porch or platform at the entrance of a house. - stoop⇄stoop (3), noun. stoup.
- stoop⇄stoop (4), noun.
(Dialect.) a post or pillar. - stoop⇄v.i. 1. to bend forward.
Ex. He stooped to pick up the money. She stoops over her work.
2. to carry the head and shoulders bent forward.
Ex. The old man stoops.
3. (of trees, precipices, or other natural outgrowths) to bend forw - stoop⇄v.t. 1. to lower by bending forward; bow.
Ex. A superb-looking warrior stooped the towering plumes of his head-dress ... and entered the house (Herman Melville).
(SYN) incline.
2. (Archaic, Figurative.) to humble; subdue; subject.