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verb

Stoop v. t.

1.

To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body. "Have stooped my neck."

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."

4.

To degrade. (Obs.)

Stoop v. i. (past & past part. stooped; pres. part. stooping)

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." "These are arts, my prince, In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome."

3.

To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. "She stoops to conquer." "Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it multiplieth riches exceedingly."

4.

To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop. "The bird of Jove, stooped from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove."

5.

To sink when on the wing; to alight. "And stoop with closing pinions from above." "Cowering low With blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing."

Synonyms: To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower; shrink.

adjective

Stooping adj. A. & n. from Stoop.

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Etymology of 'Stooping'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Stooping" Quotes from Famous Books

... but burned," muttered he stooping to examine the match, and thrusting a fallen log back into the fire with his boot. But in that very instant upon the intense stillness of the night burst suddenly a discordant clamor, a confusion of horrible and ...

— Standish of Standish - A story of the Pilgrims • Jane G. Austin

... pupils — the young noblemen! Pale and haggard faces, lank and bony figures, children with countenances of old men, deformities with irons upon their limbs, boys of stunted growth, and others whose long meagre legs would hardly bear the stooping bodies, all crowded on the view together. There was every ugliness or distortion that told of unnatural aversion conceived by parents for their offspring, or of young lives which, from the earliest dawn of infancy, had been one horrible endurance ...

— Le Petit Chose (part 1) - Histoire d'un Enfant • Alphonse Daudet

... barefooted, and but partially dressed. He had softly unhasped the door and stolen in on tip-toe. Mehetabel was surprised. It was not his wont to leave his bed at night, certainly not for any concern he felt relative to the child; yet now he was by the cradle, and was stooping over it with his head turned, so that his ear was applied in a manner that showed he was listening to the child's breathing. As his face was turned the feeble light of the smouldering rushlight was ...

— The Broom-Squire • S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

... is very tiresome. I have seen many persons who attributed the failure of their eyes to the daily habit of reading while riding to and from the city. Children should be cautioned against reading with the head inclined forward. The stooping position encourages a rush of blood to the head, and consequently the eyes become congested, and the ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 • Various

... former suspicions seemed both unjust and ridiculous. Suppose Mr. Galbraith did happen to be a boat-builder? Was he not Bob's friend and Delight's uncle, a gentleman of honor who had money enough without stooping to secure more by treachery? And did it not follow that since Mr. Snelling was in his employ he must be a person of reputable character? A fig for ...

— Flood Tide • Sara Ware Bassett

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