3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stooping \Stoop"ing\, a. & n. from {Stoop}. -- {Stoop"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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 aery 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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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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