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French
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assaut
, voûter
, être voûté
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Stoop
- (n.) A vessel of liquor; a flagon.
- (v. t.) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
- (v. t.) To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body.
- (v. i.) To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
- (v. i.) To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
- (n.) A post fixed in the earth.
- (n.) Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.
- (n.) The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.
- (v. i.) To sink when on the wing; to alight.
- (v. t.) To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.
- (n.) The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.
- (v. i.) To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
- (v. t.) To degrade.
- (v. i.) 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.
- (n.) Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.
Synonyms:
Bend, Bow, Condescend, Crouch, Stoup,
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• Stooped
- (imp. & p. p.) of Stoop
Synonyms:
Crooked, Hunched, Round-backed, Round-shouldered, Stooping,
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