stoop

Definition von stoop im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: To bend oneself, or one's head, forward and downward
He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.; To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals
Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?.; The threshold of one's doorway, a doorstep; A stooping (ie. bent, see the "Verb" section below) position of the body
The old man walked with a stoop.; Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey
Presently the bird stooped and seized a salmon, and a violent struggle ensued.; A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine; A small porch, unroofed platform, or raised veranda leading to a main entrance
The workers made a stoop in front of the door.; {n} the act of stooping, fall, vessel of liquor; {v} to bend down, lean, sink, light, yield; To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection; an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward; Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation; To lower oneself; to demean or do something below ones status, standards, or morals; 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; 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; an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward; "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane"; The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders; {i} act of bending the body forward and downward; stooping position; condescension; small porch; To degrade; – The hunting technique in which the raptor folds its wings and dives at its prey Peregrines, which only hunt other birds, can reach more than 200 miles an hour; Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door; {f} bend the body forward and downward; stand or walk with the head and shoulders bent forward, slouch; condescend, lower oneself; bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"; The steps which lead to the front door; from the Dutch "stoep "; basin for holy water; To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body; descend swiftly, as if on prey; "The eagle stooped on the mice in the field; A vessel of liquor; a flagon; a high speed dive made by a falcon toward it's prey from high altitude; descend swiftly, as if on prey; "The eagle stooped on the mice in the field"; disapproval If you say that a person stoops to doing something, you are criticizing them because they do something wrong or immoral that they would not normally do. He had not, until recently, stooped to personal abuse How could anyone stoop so low?; If you stoop, you bend your body forwards and downwards. He stooped to pick up the carrier bag of groceries Two men in shirt sleeves stooped over the car Stooping down, he picked up a big stone and hurled it; small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house; A stoop is a small platform at the door of a building, with steps leading up to it. They stood together on the stoop and rang the bell; sag, bend, bend over or down; "the rocks stooped down over the hiking path"; debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"; carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward; "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane"; A post fixed in the earth; To bend ones self, or ones head, forward and downward; To sink when on the wing; to alight; An entrance platform, usually with several steps leading up to it; To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop; To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor; A stooping (ie. bent, see the "Verb" section below) position of the body"; A small porch, veranda, platform, or stairway outside an entrance to a building; If you stoop, you stand or walk with your shoulders bent forwards. She was taller than he was and stooped slightly. Stoop is also a noun. He was a tall, thin fellow with a slight stoop. + stooping stoop·ing a slender slightly stooping American; The front steps to a house; Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York; To cause to submit; to prostrate; To drop or dive with folded wings from a great height towards the ground; To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend; The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop
stoop and roop: Completely
stoop so low: Willingly fall to the level of a low life or a person with low morals
stoop to: make concessions to
stooped: in a bent bodily position, hunched
stooped: Simple past tense and past participle of stoop
stooping: Bending the body forward; yielding; submitting; condescending; inclining
stooping: Present participle of stoop
stoops: See steups (West Indian slang)
stoops: plural form of stoop
stoops: Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stoop
stooped: bent forwards and down
stooped: having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"
stooped: past of stoop
stooping: from Stoop
stooping: having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"
stooping: Present participle of to stoop
stoops: third-person singular of stoop
stoops: plural of , stoop