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Stoop   /stup/   Listen
noun
Stoop  n.  (Arch.) Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door. (U. S.)


Stoop  n.  (Written also stoup)  A vessel of liquor; a flagon. "Fetch me a stoop of liquor."


Stoop  n.  A post fixed in the earth. (Prov. Eng.)


Stoop  n.  
1.
The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.
2.
Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation. "Can any loyal subject see With patience such a stoop from sovereignty?"
3.
The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.


verb
Stoop  v. t.  
1.
To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body. "Have stooped my neck."
2.
To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.
3.
To cause to submit; to prostrate. (Obs.) "Many of those whose states so tempt thine ears Are stooped by death; and many left alive."
4.
To degrade. (Obs.)


Stoop  v. i.  (past & past part. stooped; pres. part. stooping)  
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." "These are arts, my prince, In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome."
3.
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. "She stoops to conquer." "Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it multiplieth riches exceedingly."
4.
To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop. "The bird of Jove, stooped from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove."
5.
To sink when on the wing; to alight. "And stoop with closing pinions from above." "Cowering low With blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing."
Synonyms: To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower; shrink.





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"Stoop" Quotes from Famous Books



... who rescued our Dolly from what you had made her is Mr. Mark Ashburn, the author of 'Illusion' (her expression softened slightly, from the gratitude she felt, as she spoke his name, and Caffyn noted it). 'If you think he would stoop to slander you—— But what is the use of talking like that? You have owned it all. No slander could make it any worse than ...
— The Giant's Robe • F. Anstey
... the wheel of labour, what to him Are Plato and the swing of Pleiades? What the long reaches of the peaks of song, The rift of dawn, the reddening of the rose? Through this dread shape the suffering ages look; Time's tragedy is in that aching stoop.'' ...
— An Inevitable Awakening • ARTHUR JUDSON BROWN
... already observed that Rushbrook was a fine, tall man; and if there is any class of people who can be transplanted with success from low to high life, it will be those who have served in the army. The stoop is the evidence of a low-bred, vulgar man; the erect bearing equally so that of the gentleman. Now, the latter is gained in the army, by drilling and discipline, and being well-dressed will provide for all else that is required, as far as mere personal ...
— The Poacher - Joseph Rushbrook • Frederick Marryat
... warmly. Obed complained bitterly of thirst, for he had not moved out of the first shelter into which he had crawled, and did not know how near the stream was. I accordingly put my hat into his mouth, and told him to stoop down where the stream was deepest, and to ladle up some water. This he did, and then kneeling down I held the hat to his mouth, while he drank. I took a draught myself, and never have I enjoyed so ...
— Dick Onslow - Among the Redskins • W.H.G. Kingston
... stoop To plates of oyster soup. Let pap engage The gums of age And appetites that droop; We much prefer to ...
— The Magic Pudding • Norman Lindsay


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