Crossword clues for stooping
stooping
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stoop \Stoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stooping.] [OE. stoupen; akin to AS. st?pian, OD. stuypen, Icel. st[=u]pa, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt. Cf 5th Steep.]
To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.
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To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long, . . . Yet stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong.
--Dryden.These are arts, my prince, In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome.
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To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. ``She stoops to conquer.''
--Goldsmith.Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it multiplieth riches exceedingly.
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To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
The bird of Jove, stooped from his a["e]ry tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.
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To sink when on the wing; to alight.
And stoop with closing pinions from above.
--Dryden.Cowering low With blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing.
--Milton.Syn: To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower; shrink.
Stooping \Stoop"ing\, a. & n. from Stoop. -- Stoop"ing*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
Bending the body forward; yielding; submitting; condescending; incline. alt. Bending the body forward; yielding; submitting; condescending; incline. n. The act of one who stoops. v
(present participle of stoop English)
WordNet
adj. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, crooked]
Usage examples of "stooping".
Aragorn walked behind him, grim and silent, stooping now and again to scan some print or mark upon the ground.
He clambered on to a great tree-root that wound down into the stream, and stooping drew up some water in his cupped hands.
He stood under the eaves of the forest, stooping forward, as if he were listening, and peering with wide eyes into the shadows.
When he was a few feet away, he stood, stooping over his staff, with his head thrust forward, peering at them from under his hood.
He bent low over it, looking like a greedy child stooping over a bowl of food, in a corner away from others.
They came close behind, stooping, often using their hands even as he did.
He was just stooping over his fire, shielding it and building it up with heavier wood, when Gollum returned, carrying the pans carefully and grumbling to himself.
At once they found themselves in a rock-chamber, wide and rough, with an uneven stooping roof.
Their twisted boughs, stooping to the ground, were overridden by a clambering maze of old briars.
Anna Mikhaylovna, stooping, quickly caught up the object of contention and ran into the bedroom.
Dohkturov, a little man, sat opposite Weyrother, with an assiduous and modest mien, and stooping over the outspread map conscientiously studied the dispositions and the unfamiliar locality.
The Mason drew the shirt back from Pierre's left breast, and stooping down pulled up the left leg of his trousers to above the knee.
Not having found Kuragin in Turkey, Prince Andrew did not think it necessary to rush back to Russia after him, but all the same he knew that however long it might be before he met Kuragin, despite his contempt for him and despite all the proofs he deduced to convince himself that it was not worth stooping to a conflict with him he knew that when he did meet him he would not be able to resist calling him out, any more than a ravenous man can help snatching at food.
It was curious, but not so pleasant, to turn from the beauty and grace of the girl, to the stooping figure, care-worn face, and jaded aspect of the old man.
The schoolmaster took a seat beside him, and stooping over the pillow, whispered his name.