transcription, транскрипция: [ stu:p ]
( stoops, stooping, stooped)
1.
If you stoop , you stand or walk with your shoulders bent forwards.
She was taller than he was and stooped slightly.
VERB : V
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Stoop is also a noun.
He was a tall, thin fellow with a slight stoop.
N-SING
• stoop‧ing
...a slender slightly stooping American.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
2.
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.
VERB : V , V over n , V down/over
3.
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?
VERB : V to n / -ing , V adj [ disapproval ]
4.
A stoop is a small platform at the door of a building, with steps leading up to it. ( AM )
They stood together on the stoop and rang the bell.
N-COUNT