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- pronunciation:
- stup
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
inflections: |
stoops, stooping, stooped |
definition 1: |
to bend the body forward and downward.
The boys stooped in order to peer through the crack in the wooden fence.She stooped to pick up the crying toddler.- synonyms:
- bend
- similar words:
- bow, crouch, lean, scrooch, scrunch
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definition 2: |
to stand or walk with shoulders and neck drooping forward.
From years of hard labor, the prisoners stooped.- synonyms:
- slouch, slump
- similar words:
- cringe, crouch, droop, hunch
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definition 3: |
to lower oneself figuratively, as to perform a lowly task or an immoral act.
She would never stoop to deceiving a good friend.- synonyms:
- lower, sink
- similar words:
- condescend, deign, fall, resort, succumb
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related words: |
bend, descend, grovel, kowtow, slump |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
definition: |
to bend (oneself or one's body) downward and forward.
- synonyms:
- bend, slouch
- similar words:
- hunch
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related words: |
descend, hang |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
the act of bending forward and downward.
With a quick stoop, she grabbed the jar from the bottom of the fridge.- synonyms:
- bending
- similar words:
- crouch, slump
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definition 2: |
a posture in which the head and shoulders slump forward and downward.
Many of the older women walk with a stoop after years spent in the rice fields.- synonyms:
- slouch, slump
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definition 3: |
an act or instance of lowering oneself morally or socially, or of condescending.
- synonyms:
- condescension
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related words: |
tuck |
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derivations: |
stoopingly (adv.), stooper (n.) |
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