Definitions of stoop
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To
bend
down
or
incline
the
body;
to
yield;
to
submit;
to
condescend;
to
be
inferior;
to
swoop
down;
to
alight;
to
sink
to
a
lower
place.
-
To
bend
or
lean
forward;
bow,
or
be
bowed
down.
-
To
bring
or
come
down
from
dignity
or
rank;
condescend.
-
To
swoop.
-
To
degrade.
-
To
bend (
the
body)
downward
and
forward.
-
To
cause
to
incline
downward.
-
To
bend
the
body
downward
and
forward;
descend
from
rank
or
dignity;
submit;
yield.
-
To
bend
the
body:
to
lean
forward:
to
submit:
to
descend
from
rank
or
dignity:
to
condescend:
to
swoop
down
on
the
wing,
as
a
bird
of
prey.
-
To
bend
the
body
forward;
condescend;
yield;
swoop
down
on
the
wing.
-
debase
oneself
morally,
act
in
an
undignified,
unworthy,
or
dishonorable
way; "
I
won't
stoop
to
reading
other
people's
mail"
-
carry
oneself,
often
habitually,
with
head,
shoulders,
and
upper
back
bent
forward; "
The
old
man
was
stooping
but
he
could
walk
around
without
a
cane"
-
sag,
bend,
bend
over
or
down; "
the
rocks
stooped
down
over
the
hiking
path"
-
descend
swiftly,
as
if
on
prey; "
The
eagle
stooped
on
the
mice
in
the
field"
-
To
bow
down;
to
cause
to
incline
downward.
-
To
bend
the
body
forwards;
to
lean
forwards
in
standing
or
walking;
to
cause
to
incline
downwards;
to
yield;
to
submit;
to
condescend;
to
acknowledge
inferiority;
to
come
down
on
its
prey,
as
a
hawk.
-
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.
-
A
vessel
of
liquor;
a
flagon.
-
A
post
fixed
in
the
earth.
-
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.
-
To
yield;
to
submit;
to
bend,
as
by
compulsion;
to
assume
a
position
of
humility
or
subjection.
-
To
descend
from
rank
or
dignity;
to
condescend.
-
To
come
down
as
a
hawk
does
on
its
prey;
to
pounce;
to
souse;
to
swoop.
-
To
sink
when
on
the
wing;
to
alight.
-
To
bend
forward
and
downward;
to
bow
down;
as,
to
stoop
the
body.
-
To
cause
to
incline
downward;
to
slant;
as,
to
stoop
a
cask
of
liquor.
-
To
cause
to
submit;
to
prostrate.
-
The
act
of
stooping,
or
bending
the
body
forward;
inclination
forward;
also,
an
habitual
bend
of
the
back
and
shoulders.
-
Descent,
as
from
dignity
or
superiority;
condescension;
an
act
or
position
of
humiliation.
-
The
fall
of
a
bird
on
its
prey;
a
swoop.
-
Habitual
forward
bend
of
head
and
shoulders;
descent
from
dignity;
stairway,
veranda,
or
porch
with
seats.
-
The
act
of
stooping:
inclination
forward:
descent:
condescension:
a
swoop.
-
A
pillar.
Quarles.
-
A
vessel
of
liquor;
as,
a
stoop
of
wine
or
ale. "
A
stoop
of
wine."-
Shak.
-
The
steps
at
the
entrance
of
a
house:
door-
steps:
also
a
porch
with
a
balustrade
and
seats
on
the
sides. "
Nearly
all
the
houses
were
built
with
their
gables
to
the
street,
and
each
had
heavy
wooden
Dutch
stoops,
with
seats
at
the
door."-
J.
F.
Cooper.
-
Act
of
stooping;
forward
inclination.
-
An
act
of
stooping.
-
A
swoop.
-
An
uncovered
platform
at
the
door
of
a
house;
a
porch;
veranda.
-
Act
of
stooping;
condescension;
swoop.
-
A
vessel
of
liquor.
-
Inclination
forwards;
condescension;
in
Scot.,
a
post
fixed
in
the
earth,
or
a
prop.
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