/ 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.
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IDIOMS
- stoop so low (as to do sth)
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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.