26984 words

stoop

7 definitions • 7 examples
1
to bend the top half of the body forward and down:

Examples:

The doorway was so low that we had to stoop to go through it.
Something fell out of her coat pocket and she stooped down and picked it up.
2
If someone stoops, their head and shoulders are always bent forwards and down:

Examples:

He's over six feet tall, but the way he stoops makes him look shorter.
3
a raised flat area in front of the door of a house, with steps leading up to it:

Examples:

She got home to find the kids sitting on the stoop waiting for her.
4
a way of standing or walking with the head and shoulders bent slightly forwards and down:

Examples:

He is a tall man with a slight stoop.
5
to bend the top half of the body forward and down:

Examples:

The mother stooped to button up the coat of her little girl.
6
a structure that is part of the front of a house consisting of a few steps leading up from ground level, often with a raised, flat area near the door
7
a bending of the top half of the body forward and down:

Examples:

He walks with a stoop because of arthritis.

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