stoops
Meaning of stoops
- bend one's head or body forwards and downwards.
he stooped down and reached towards the coin
Linda stooped to pick up the bottles
the man stoops his head
- lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible.
Craig wouldn't stoop to thieving
she was unwilling to believe that anyone could stoop so low as to steal from a dead woman
- (of a bird of prey) swoop down on a quarry.
we witnessed an eagle stooping on its prey
- a posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forwards.
a tall, thin man with a stoop
- the downward swoop of a bird of prey.
Old English stūpian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to the adjective steep1. Both senses of the noun date from the late 16th century.
plural noun
a porch with steps in front of a house or other building.
mid 18th century: from Dutch stoep (see stoep).
plural noun
a basin for holy water, especially on the wall near the door of a Roman Catholic church for worshippers to dip their fingers in before crossing themselves.
Middle English (in the sense ‘pail, small cask’): from Old Norse staup, of Germanic origin; related to the verb steep2.
Information about stoops
- The singular form of stoops is: stoop.
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Hyphenation of stoops
stoops
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- stoops is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
stoops synonyms
Meaning (of a person) incline the body downwards from the vertical:
Meaning be in or assume a position in which the body is supported by a knee or the knees, as when praying or showing submission:
Meaning crouch or squat:
Meaning less high in position:
Meaning be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something:
Meaning play (a stringed instrument or music) using a bow:
Meaning a waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait:
Meaning go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged:
Meaning act in a shameful way that is far below one's usual standards:
Meaning turn to and adopt (a course of action, especially an extreme or undesirable one) so as to resolve a difficult situation:
Meaning a feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact:
Meaning excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back:
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