ALL meanings of stooping
stoop
S s - verb without object stooping to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk. 1
- verb without object stooping to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward: to stoop from age. 1
- verb without object stooping (of trees, precipices, etc.) to bend, bow, or lean. 1
- verb without object stooping to descend from one's level of dignity; condescend; deign: Don't stoop to argue with him. 1
- verb without object stooping to swoop down, as a hawk at prey. 1
- verb without object stooping to submit; yield. 1
- verb without object stooping Obsolete. to come down from a height. 1
- verb with object stooping to bend (oneself, one's head, etc.) forward and downward. 1
- verb with object stooping Archaic. to abase, humble, or subdue. 1
- noun stooping the act or an instance of stooping. 1
- noun stooping a stooping position or carriage of body: The elderly man walked with a stoop. 1
- noun stooping a descent from dignity or superiority. 1
- noun stooping a downward swoop, as of a hawk. 1