stoop | English to English Dictionary

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stoop

(st/u/p )

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

source: wordnet30
basin for holy water(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
stoup

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small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
stoep

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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.(noun)

source: webster1913
A vessel of liquor; a flagon.(noun)

source: webster1913
A post fixed in the earth.(noun)

source: webster1913
The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.(noun)

source: webster1913

bend one's back forward from the waist on down(verb.motion)

Example:
The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse.

Synonym:
bend, bow, crouch

source: wordnet30
debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way(verb.social)

Example:
I won't stoop to reading other people's mail.

Synonym:
condescend, lower oneself

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descend swiftly, as if on prey(verb.motion)

Example:
The eagle stooped on the mice in the field.

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sag, bend, bend over or down(verb.motion)

Example:
The rocks stooped down over the hiking path.

source: wordnet30
carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward(verb.contact)

Example:
The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane.

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body.(verb)

source: webster1913