Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - stoop
Stoop
stoop
1. v. & n. --v. 1 tr. bend (one's head or body) forwards and downwards. 2 intr. carry one's head and shoulders bowed forward. 3 intr. (foll. by to + infin.) deign or condescend. 4 intr. (foll. by to) descend or lower oneself to (some conduct) (has stooped to crime). 5 intr. (of a hawk etc.) swoop on its prey. --n. 1 a stooping posture. 2 the downward swoop of a hawk etc. Etymology: OE stupian f. Gmc, rel. to STEEP(1) 2. n. US a porch or small veranda or set of steps in front of a house. Etymology: Du. stoep: see STOEP 3. var. of STOUP.
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English stoupen, from Old English stūpian; akin to Swedish stupa to fall, plunge, Old English stēap steep, deep Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees, to stand or walk with a forward inclination of the head, body, or shoulders, yield, submit, 3. to descend from a superior rank, dignity, or status, to lower oneself morally , 4. to move down from a height ; alight, to fly or dive down swiftly usually to attack prey, transitive verb debase, degrade, to bend (a part of the body) forward and downward, II. noun Date: 1571 1. an act of bending the body forward, a temporary or habitual forward bend of the back and shoulders, the descent of a bird especially on its prey, a lowering of oneself, III. noun see: step Date: 1755 a porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda at a house door ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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