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# stoop

«stoop» in Mova's school dictionary: **to bend your body forwards and down: he stooped to pick…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (stoop, stoops, stooped, stooping); noun (a stoop, stoops)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To stoop is to bend your body forwards and down: he stooped to pick up the coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoop/#m1)

2) A stoop is a habit of standing with your shoulders and head bent forward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoop/#m2)

3) To stoop to something is to do something bad or mean that is below your usual standards: I would never stoop to cheating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoop/#m3)

4) (US, Canada) A stoop is a small set of steps and a platform in front of a house door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoop/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday life and health: stoop to tie your shoelaces; bend your knees when lifting heavy things, not just stoop with your back. Stories: an old man with a stoop; a villain who «stoops to lies». US: kids sitting on the front stoop in city streets.

### examples

- She stooped to pick up the shell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoop/#x1)
- Grandad walks with a slight stoop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoop/#x2)
- He stooped under the low doorway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoop/#x3)
- I would never stoop to stealing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoop/#x4)
- They sat on the stoop eating ice lollies. (US) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoop/#x5)
- Don't stoop when you lift the heavy box; bend your knees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoop/#x6)
- The giant had to stoop to enter the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoop/#x7)
- He stooped to look at it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoop/#x8)

### note

Homophone: «stoop» sounds like «stoup» (a holy-water basin in a church; rare). Do not confuse with «stop» or «swoop». «Stoop to» = lower yourself morally.

### In the corpora

- [He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1608/)
- [They stoop, they bow down together, they could not deliver the burden; and themselves are gone into captivity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1031/)
- [God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.212/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stoop» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoop/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.