stoop

/stu:p/
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stoop

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

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house: A platform or stairs leading to the front door, often used as a place to sit.
    • A basin for holy water: A container, typically made of stone, for holding holy water, especially at the entrance of a church.
    • An inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward: The act of bending the body forward and down.

  2. Verb:

    • To carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward: To stand or walk with the upper body bent forward, often due to age, fatigue, or poor posture.
    • To sag, bend, or bend over or down: To lean or incline forward and downward.
    • To descend swiftly, as if on prey: To swoop down suddenly, like a bird of prey.
    • To debase oneself morally; to act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way: To lower one's ethical standards or dignity to do something.
    • To bend one's back forward from the waist on down: To lower the upper body by bending at the waist.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • We sat on the stoop and watched the sunset.
    • The priest dipped his fingers in the stoop at the church entrance.
    • His constant stoop was a result of years working at a desk.

  • Verb:

    • The old gardener stoops as he walks through the rows of flowers.
    • The old tree stoops over the path, its branches heavy with fruit.
    • The hawk stooped from the sky to catch the rabbit.
    • He would never stoop to cheating on an exam.
    • She stooped to pick up the fallen keys from the pavement.
Advanced Usage

  • "Stoop to someone's level": To lower one's own standards of behavior to match those of someone considered worse.

    • Don't stoop to his level by arguing in public.

  • "Stoop to do something": To lower one's moral standards enough to perform a particular (often bad) action.

    • I can't believe he would stoop to lying about his qualifications.
Variants and Related Words

  • Stooped (adj): Having the posture of someone who stoops; bent forward.

    • He had a stooped posture from years of hard labor.

  • Stoop-shouldered (adj): Having shoulders that are habitually bent forward.

    • The stoop-shouldered figure shuffled down the lane.
Synonyms
  • Noun (porch): Porch, veranda, steps.
  • Noun (bend): Slouch, droop, bow.
  • Verb (bend): Bend, crouch, hunch, bow.
  • Verb (descend): Swoop, dive, pounce.
  • Verb (debase oneself): Condescend, lower oneself, sink.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Stoop down: To bend the body downward.
    • He had to stoop down to get through the low doorway.
Related Idioms
  • Stoop to conquer: To humble oneself in order to achieve a greater goal or victory. (From the title of Oliver Goldsmith's play ).
    • Sometimes in negotiations, you have to stoop to conquer.
stoop

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

Noun
  1. small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
  2. basin for holy water
  3. an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
Verb
  1. 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
  2. sag, bend, bend over or down
    • the rocks stooped down over the hiking path
  3. descend swiftly, as if on prey
    • The eagle stooped on the mice in the field
  4. debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
    • I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
  5. bend one's back forward from the waist on down
    • he crouched down
    • She bowed before the Queen
    • The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse

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