- Stooping
- Stoop Stoop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stooping}.] [OE. stoupen; akin to AS. st?pian, OD. stuypen,
Icel. st[=u]pa, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt. Cf 5th {Steep}.]
1. 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.
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2. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection. [1913 Webster]
Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long, . . . Yet stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
These are arts, my prince, In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
3. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. ``She stoops to conquer.'' --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it multiplieth riches exceedingly. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
4. To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop. [1913 Webster]
The bird of Jove, stooped from his a["e]ry tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
5. To sink when on the wing; to alight. [1913 Webster]
And stoop with closing pinions from above. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Cowering low With blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Syn: To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower; shrink. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
