vverb.motionbend one's back forward from the waist on downSynset:bend bow crouch stoop
Examples:- he crouched down
- She bowed before the Queen
- The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
Derivationally Related Form:bowstoopcrouchstooper
Hypernyms:bend flex
Inherited Hypernyms:crouchbendchange shapechange
Direct Hyponyms:cowerhuddlesquinch
Entailment:change posture
Full Troponyms:huddlesquinch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.socialdebase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable waySynset:condescend lower oneself stoop
Examples:- I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
Hypernyms:act move
Inherited Hypernyms:condescendact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.motiondescend swiftly, as if on preyExamples:- The eagle stooped on the mice in the field
Hypernyms:pounce swoop
Inherited Hypernyms:stooppouncedescendtravel
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.motionsag, bend, bend over or downExamples:- the rocks stooped down over the hiking path
Derivationally Related Form:stooper
Hypernyms:incline pitch slope
Inherited Hypernyms:stoopslopeleanbendchange shapechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.contactcarry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forwardExamples:- The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane
Derivationally Related Form:stooperstoop
Hypernyms:bear carry hold
Inherited Hypernyms:stoophold
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
adj satadj.allhaving the back and shoulders rounded; not erectSynset:crooked hunched round-backed round-shouldered stooping
Examples:- a little oldish misshapen stooping woman
Antonyms:erect
Inherited Hypernyms:hunched
Similar to:unerect