stooping

Pluralstoopings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of stoop. Use it after is or was, or to name the action.

   Grandpa was stooping to pick up his glasses from the floor.

   The farmer spent all day stooping over rows of strawberries.

   Note
2. 2
   adjective

   Leaning the top of the body forward in a weak or very humble way.

   A stooping old man walked slowly down the hall.

   The frightened servant gave a stooping bow and hurried out.

   Similarbowed, submissive, servile

   Oppositeupright, erect

3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The act of bending your body forward and down, or of acting below your own standards.

   All that stooping in the garden made her back hurt.

   The low doors meant a lot of stooping for the tall visitors.

   Similarbending, crouching

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