to stoop down
11stoop — [n] slouched posture droop, round shoulders, sag, slouch, slump; concept 757 Ant. straightening stoop [v1] bow down be bowed, bend, be servile, bow, cringe, crouch, descend, dip, duck, hunch, incline, kneel, lean, relax, sink, slant, squat;… …
12stoop — stoop1 [sto͞op] vi. [ME stupen < OE stupian, akin to ON stūpa < IE * (s)teup < base * (s)teu , to strike > STOCK] 1. to bend the body forward or in a crouch 2. to carry the head and shoulders or the upper part of the body habitually… …
13stoop — [[t]stu͟ːp[/t]] stoops, stooping, stooped 1) VERB If you stoop, you stand or walk with your shoulders bent forwards. She was taller than he was and stooped slightly. Syn: hunch Derived words: stooping ADJ GRADED usu ADJ n ...a slender slightly… …
14stoop — 1. verb 1) she stooped to pick up the pen Syn: bend (over/down), lean over/down, crouch (down) 2) he stooped his head Syn: lower, bend, incline, bow, duck 3) he stoops when he walks …
15stoop — stoop1 stooper, n. stoopingly, adv. /stoohp/, v.i. 1. to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk. 2. to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward: to stoop… …
16stoop — I. /stup / (say stoohp) verb (i) 1. to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forwards and downwards from an erect position: to stoop over a desk. 2. to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forwards: to stoop from age. 3. to …
17stoop — 1. noun a) A small porch, unroofed platform, or raised veranda leading to a main entrance. The workers made a stoop in front of the door. b) The threshold of ones doorway, a doorstep The old man walked …
18down — Synonyms and related words: COD, Vandyke, actively, adown, ailing, air, alkali flat, all up with, alluvial plain, anthill, backset, bad, barrow, basin, beard, beat, beaten, beaver, bedfast, bedridden, below, below par, best, bested, blow down,… …
19stoop — I [[t]stup[/t]] v. i. 1) to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position 2) to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward 3) to descend from one s level of dignity; condescend; deign… …
20stoop — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, accord, be shamed, belly buster, belly flop, belly whopper, bend, bend the knee, bend the neck, bend to, bob, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, bow down, bow to, cannonball, cascade, cataract, chute, collapse …
