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Another word for stoop

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Verb

  1. To incline the body

    See also:

    posture

  2. To bring oneself down to a lower level of behavior

    See also:

    rise

  3. To descend to a level considered inappropriate to one's dignity

    See also:

    rise

    over

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Another word for stoop

Verb

  1. To bow or bend

    See also:

    lean

    bow

  2. To condescend

    See also:

    condescend

    condescend

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Sentence Examples

  • The sun was beating down on me as I sat on the stoop waiting for Mrs. Armstrong to pick me up.

  • Even with Cynthia's tiny height she was required to stoop to avoid the low ceiling.

  • He was about to stoop over her hand and kiss it, but with a rapid, almost brutal movement of her head, she intercepted his lips and met them with her own.

  • In the former, which is also known as " post and stall" or "bord and pillar " in the north of England, " pillar and stall " in South Wales, and " stoop and room " in Scotland, the field is divided into strips by numerous openings driven parallel to the main rise headings, called " bords " or " bord gates," which are again divided by cutting through them at intervals, so as to leave a series of pillars arranged chequer-wise over the entire area.

  • I just signed their death warrants, and you think I'd stoop so low as to point the gun at someone because I'm jealous?

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