stoop in English dictionary

  • stoop

    Meanings and definitions of "stoop"

    • (US, Canada) A small porch, unroofed platform, or raised veranda leading to a main entrance.
    • (UK) The threshold of one's doorway, a doorstep
    • To bend oneself, or one's head, forward and downward.
    • To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
    • Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
    • A stooping (ie. bent, see the "Verb" section below) position of the body
    • (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
    • noun
      (dialect)
      A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
    • noun
      A stooping (ie. bent, see the "Verb" section above) position of the body
    • noun
      An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
    • noun
      A vessel of liquor; a flagon.
    • noun
      (chiefly Northeastern US, chiefly New York, also, Canada)
      The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
    • noun
      The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.
    • verb
      To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward.
    • verb
      To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
    • verb
      Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cause to incline downward; to slant.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cause to submit; to prostrate.
    • verb
      To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
    • verb
      To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
    • verb
      To degrade.
    • small porch
    • to lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals
    • (to) stoop
    • To bend one's back forward.
    • noun
      an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
    • noun
      basin for holy water
    • noun
      small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
    • verb
      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"
    • verb
      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"
    • verb
      debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
    • verb
      descend swiftly, as if on prey; "The eagle stooped on the mice in the field"
    • verb
      sag, bend, bend over or down; "the rocks stooped down over the hiking path"

    Synonyms of "stoop" in English dictionary

    hold, bear, pitch are the top synonyms of "stoop" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of stoop

    • stoop ( third-person singular simple present stoops, present participle stooping, simple past and past participle stooped)
    • stoop ( plural  stoops)
    • stoop (plural stoops)
    • stoop (third-person singular simple present stoops, present participle stooping, simple past and past participle stooped)
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