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stooping

 

  3  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stooping  \Stoop"ing\, 
  a.  &  n.  from  {Stoop}.  --  {Stoop"ing*ly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stooping 
  adj  :  having  the  back  and  shoulders  rounded;  not  erect;  "a  little 
  oldish  misshapen  stooping  woman"  [syn:  {hunched},  {round-backed}, 
  {round-shouldered},  {stooped},  {crooked}]




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