Word Finder - stooping

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To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.

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He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.

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To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.

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Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?

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Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.

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To cause to incline downward; to slant.

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to stoop a cask of liquor

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To cause to submit; to prostrate.

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To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.

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To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.

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To degrade.

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The act of one who stoops.

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Bending the body forward; yielding; submitting; condescending; inclining.

He stood and walked to the edge of the creek, stooping to wash his hands.

I had a raging thirst and back ache from bending and stooping, he said.

That added stretch made them comfortable even when bending, sitting, stooping, or on the go.

Mary Ann looked anything but healthy with her pale face, deep set eyes, hungry looking figure and stooping shoulders.

It lives in the high grass, running away in a stooping posture to avoid discovery on being approached, and taking flight only at the utmost need.

Thus in a stooping posture he has to use his heavy tools which must be very hard work.

This lack of eye contact later enables Kate to begin the process of stooping to conquer.

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You'll have to do a lot more stooping when you use an upright vacuum cleaner, which is particularly useful for those with movement restrictions, as well as those who spend a considerable amount of time vacuuming every day.

Seniors who took part in the USDA study reported problems with walking, running, stooping, crouching, and kneeling, as well as activities such as housework, exercise and gardening.

Parkinson's is characterized by shaking in resting muscles, a stooping posture, slurred speech, muscular stiffness, and weakness.

Two minutes later Peter Band had his hat-trick, this time stooping to head home a Matty Taylor cross.

This would have resulted in restricted head movement, possibly a stooping gait.

However, Burnley struck back in the 22nd minute through Gareth Taylor 's stooping header.

Some 200m from the entrance the stooping passage breaks out into a larger area with holes in the roof.

His body was found ' in from five to six feet of water, standing in a stooping position '.

Next you squeeze your way stooping down a narrow corridor with a sloping wall that forces you to move sideways.

Of existing statues the most famous is the Aphrodite of Melos (Venus of Milo), now in the Louvre, which was found on the island in 1820 amongst the ruins of the theatre; the Capitoline Venus at Rome and the Venus of Capua, represented as a goddess of victory (these two exhibit a lofty conception of the goddess); the Medicean Venus at Florence, found in the porticus of Octavia at Rome and (probably wrongly) attributed to Cleomenes; the Venus stooping in the bath, in the Vatican; and the Callipygos at Naples, a specimen of the most sensual type.

We guess Shaums means thanks to Marin for all their help, or stooping over.

It must be remembered that short-sight tends to increase during the early, especially the school, years of life, and that hygienic treatment, good light, good type, and avoidance of stooping are important for its prevention.

Many people had been surprised to see a man of his genius and learning stooping to every drudgery, and denying himself almost every comfort, for the purpose of supplying a silly, affected old woman with superfluities, which she accepted with but little gratitude.

Anna Mikhaylovna stepped forward and, stooping over the dying man, beckoned to Lorrain from behind her back.

Anna Mikhaylovna, stooping, quickly caught up the object of contention and ran into the bedroom.

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.

The young man in the fur-lined coat, stooping a little, stood in a submissive attitude, his fingers clasped before him.

I think it was a backward step when women started stooping to the morals of men.

Before stooping to retrieve them, she handed three one hundred dollar notes to Cynthia.

Pierre was one of those who are only strong when they feel themselves quite innocent, and since that day when he was overpowered by a feeling of desire while stooping over the snuffbox at Anna Pavlovna's, an unacknowledged sense of the guilt of that desire paralyzed his will.

During the entr'acte a whiff of cold air came into Helene's box, the door opened, and Anatole entered, stooping and trying not to brush against anyone.

As he said this he rose, went to his sister, and, stooping, kissed her forehead.

He looked at her without moving and saw that she wanted to draw a deep breath after stooping, but refrained from doing so and breathed cautiously.