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    stooping
    /ˈstuːpɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. having head and shoulders habitually bent forwards: "a thin, stooping figure"

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  2. Stooping is the present participle of stoop, which means to bend the top half of the body forward and down. Learn more about the verb stoop, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences with Cambridge Dictionary.

  3. Learn the meaning of stoop as a verb and a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. See also related phrases and entries for stoop.

  4. Stoop can mean to bend the top half of the body forward and down, or to have a permanent bent posture. It can also mean a raised area in front of a house with steps, or a way of standing or walking with the head and shoulders bent slightly forwards and down.

  5. to bend the top half of the body forward and down: The doorway was so low that we had to stoop to go through it. Something fell out of her coat pocket and she stooped down and picked it up. If someone stoops, their head and shoulders are always bent forwards and down: He's over six feet tall, but the way he stoops makes him look shorter.

  6. Stooping means to bend forward and down, or to lower or debase oneself. It can also refer to a porch, platform, or staircase leading to a building. See synonyms, translations, and usage examples of stooping.

  7. to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk. Synonyms: crouch, lean. to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward: to stoop from age. (of trees, precipices, etc.) to bend, bow, or lean.

  8. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect. “a little oldish misshapen stooping woman”. synonyms: crooked, hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped. unerect. not upright in position or posture.