stoop, v.
(stooped, stooping, stoops)
freq. cnt. 7
(stooped, stooping, stoops)
freq. cnt. 7
bend one's back forward from the waist on down
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3
bend bow crouch stoop
sample sentences
"he crouched down""She bowed before the Queen"
"The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
<verb.contact>
stoop
sample sentences
"The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane"verb frames
Somebody ----s
semantic pointers
hypernym
sag, bend, bend over or down
<verb.motion>
stoop
sample sentences
"the rocks stooped down over the hiking path"verb frames
Something ----s
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
descend swiftly, as if on prey
<verb.motion>
stoop
sample sentences
"The eagle stooped on the mice in the field"verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
semantic pointers
hypernym
debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
<verb.social>
condescend lower oneself stoop
sample sentences
"I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"verb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PP
semantic pointers
hypernym