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stooped |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection. Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long, . . . Yet stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong. --Dryden. These are arts, my prince, In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome. --Addison. 3. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. ``She stoops to conquer.'' --Goldsmith. Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it multiplieth riches exceedingly. --Bacon. 4. To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop. The bird of Jove, stooped from his a["e]ry tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove. --Milton. 5. To sink when on the wing; to alight. And stoop with closing pinions from above. --Dryden. Cowering low With blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing. --Milton. Syn: To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower; shrink. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stooped adj : having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: {hunched}, {round-backed}, {round-shouldered}, {stooping}, {crooked}]
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