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Stooping   /stˈupɪŋ/   Listen
Stooping

adjective
1.
Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect.  Synonyms: crooked, hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped.


Stoop

verb
(past & past part. stooped; pres. part. stooping)
1.
Bend one's back forward from the waist on down.  Synonyms: bend, bow, crouch.  "She bowed before the Queen" , "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
2.
Debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way.  Synonyms: condescend, lower oneself.
3.
Descend swiftly, as if on prey.
4.
Sag, bend, bend over or down.
5.
Carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward.



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"Stooping" Quotes from Famous Books



... gathered up the scattered letters and was about to consign them to the flames but in turning to do so, he knocked his arm violently against the back of his chair, dropping them all again at his feet. Stooping to gather them, he noticed for the first time the heavy letter with the foreign post-marks and large legible hand-writing which, had it not been for this timely accident, would have been thrust unconsciously into the fire, thus forcing ...
— Honor Edgeworth • Vera
... chasm of the rock. Catching at the branch which was nearest to him, he dropped himself from that height upon the ground; and such was the athletic springiness of his youthful sinews, that he pitched there as lightly, and with as little injury, as the falcon stooping from ...
— The Monastery • Sir Walter Scott
... blundered past. His stooping head crashed against a tree, his whole body bounded back from the impact, and down he went in a quivering, moaning heap. He did not ...
— The Devil's Asteroid • Manly Wade Wellman
... wall emerged a Frank in black clothes, black, leaf-shaped hat and yellow riding-boots—the Father of Ice in person. The missionary dismounted, tied his horse by the head-rope to a loose stone of the wall, and came forward, stooping to escape ...
— The Valley of the Kings • Marmaduke Pickthall
... the farmer slowly, "having led my camel into the garden to drink, I noticed, as he put his nose into the water, a sparkle of light coming from the 5 white sand at the bottom of the clear stream. Stooping down, I picked up the black pebble you now hold, guided to it by that crystal eye in the center, from which the light flashes ...
— Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year • E.C. Hartwell


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