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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stoop1 /stup/USA pronunciation v. - to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward: [no object]The basketball player had to stoop when climbing into the bus.[~ + object]He stooped his head a little when he climbed on the bus.
- to lower oneself from one's normal level of dignity and do something considered improper, dishonest, etc.: [no object]I would never stoop so low that I would take money from my own children.[~ + to + object]You wouldn't think he would stoop to such treachery.[~ + to + verb-ing]Would he stoop to stealing money from his own children?
n. [countable] - an act or instance of stooping.
- a stooping position of the body;
a way of carrying the body at a low angle:to walk with a stoop. stoop2 /stup/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Buildinga raised platform or porch, esp. a small porch with steps, at the entrance of a house:We sat on the stoop and talked.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stoop1 (sto̅o̅p),USA pronunciation v.i. - to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position:to stoop over a desk.
- to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward:to stoop from age.
- (of trees, precipices, etc.) to bend, bow, or lean.
- to descend from one's level of dignity;
condescend; deign:Don't stoop to argue with him. - to swoop down, as a hawk at prey.
- to submit;
yield. - [Obs.]to come down from a height.
v.t. - to bend (oneself, one's head, etc.) forward and downward.
- [Archaic.]to abase, humble, or subdue.
n. - the act or an instance of stooping.
- a stooping position or carriage of body:The elderly man walked with a stoop.
- a descent from dignity or superiority.
- a downward swoop, as of a hawk.
- bef. 900; Middle English stoupen (verb, verbal), Old English stūpian; cognate with Middle Dutch stūpen to bend, bow; akin to steep1
stoop′er, n. stoop′ing•ly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lean, crouch. See bend 1.
stoop2 (sto̅o̅p),USA pronunciation n. - Buildinga small raised platform, approached by steps and sometimes having a roof and seats, at the entrance of a house;
a small porch.
- Dutch stoep; cognate with Middle Low German stōpe, German Stufe step in a stair. See step
- 1670–80, American.
stoop3 (sto̅o̅p),USA pronunciation n. - stoup.
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