STOOP


Meaning of STOOP in English

/ stuːp; NAmE / verb , noun

■ verb [ v ]

1.

stoop (down) to bend your body forwards and downwards :

She stooped down to pick up the child.

The doorway was so low that he had to stoop.

2.

to stand or walk with your head and shoulders bent forwards :

He tends to stoop because he's so tall.

IDIOMS

- stoop so low (as to do sth)

PHRASAL VERBS

- stoop to sth

■ noun

1.

[ sing. ] if sb has a stoop , their shoulders are always bent forward

2.

[ C ] ( NAmE ) a raised area outside the door of a house with steps leading up to it

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WORD ORIGIN

noun sense 1 and verb Old English stūpian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to the adjective steep . The noun sense dates from the late 16th cent.

noun sense 2 mid 18th cent.: from Dutch stoep , of the same meaning.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.