to stoop
27
2.6
- verb
- /stuːp/
:
inclinarse
- Carl sees the book fall and stoops to pick it up, but Molly gets it first.
Examples
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"But I'd bet it was," she thought, and stooped to examine the hatch frame more closely.
Fiction book (1990) -
The man's breath was clearly audible as he stooped to search under the seats and around the pipe organ.
Fiction book (1991) -
I mean, I hate it, to see you stooped over out there.
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All stooped over and shit, trying to carry that stuff.
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So I get a bit more gray and a little more stooped.
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I remember he walked slowly and kind of stooped over.
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He stooped down, looked in, and there I was, huddled in the back.
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An old man stooped over and swept the specks up with his broom.
Academic text (2007) -
His six-foot frame is slightly stooped, and his woolly hair is gray around the temples.
Fiction book (1990) -
He stooped to pick up the fallen apples from the ground.
Synonyms
194
1.0
To lean forward at the waist
22
4.6
To sit, stand, or walk with the shoulders and head bent forward in a lazy way
17
4.2
Bend forward with rounded shoulders and back
2
4.4
Bend your upper body forward and round your shoulders, often when you feel cold or tired
To lean or bend in one direction, often slowly under extra weight
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A sign asking dog owners not to let their dogs poop on the front steps
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
How Bent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stoop as a verb meaning to bend down comes from the same old idea of 'to bend forward', so to stoop is simply to bend your body down at the waist.