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Found 3 items, similar to stooping.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: stooping
pembungkukan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: stooping
stooping
adj : having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect;
“a little
oldish misshapen stooping woman” [syn:
hunched,
round-backed,
round-shouldered,
stooped,
crooked]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Stooping
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.]
1. 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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2. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume
a position of humility or subjection.
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Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long, . . .
Yet stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong.
--Dryden.
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These are arts, my prince,
In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome.
--Addison.
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3. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
“She
stoops to conquer.” --Goldsmith.
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Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it
multiplieth riches exceedingly. --Bacon.
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4. To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to
souse; to swoop.
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The bird of Jove, stooped from his a["e]ry tour,
Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.
--Milton.
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5. To sink when on the wing; to alight.
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And stoop with closing pinions from above. --Dryden.
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Cowering low
With blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing.
--Milton.
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Syn: To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower;
shrink.
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Stooping
\Stoop"ing\,
a. & n. from
Stoop. --
Stoop"ing*ly, adv.
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