Stoop | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Stōop, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. STOOPED (stōopt); p. pr. & vb. n. STOOPING.] [A-S. stupian, O. D. stuyven, stoepen. Cf. Sw. stupa, to be precipitated.]

To bend the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking.
To yield; to submit; to bend by compulsion.

Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long. . . . Yet stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong. Dryden. These are arts, my prince, In which our Zama does not stoop to Rome. Addison. 3. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it multiplieth riches exceedingly. Bacon. 4. To come down on prey, as a hawk, especially to come down from a height with closed wings; to swoop. The bird of Jove, stooped from his aëry tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove. Milton. 5. To alight from the wing; to sink. “And stoop with closing pinions from above.” Dryden. Cowering low With blandishments, each bird stooped on his wing. Milton. Syn. — To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower; shrink.

Stōop, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To cause to incline downward; to sink; as, to stoop a cask of liquor. 2. To cause to submit; to overcome; to prostrate. [Obs.] *Many of those whose states so tempt thine ears Are stooped by death; and many left alive. Chapman.* 3. To degrade. [Obs.]

Stōop, n.

noun

n. 1. The act of stooping or bending the body forward; inclination forward.

Sense 2. Descent from dignity or superiority; condescension.

Can any loyal subject see With patience such a stoop from sovereignty? Dryden.

Sense 3. The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.

Stōop, n.

noun

n. [D. stoep, O. D. stoep, stoep-bancke, a seat before the door, fr. stoepen, to sit.] The steps of a door; often, a porch with a balustrade and seats on the sides. [U. S.] J. F. Cooper.

Stōop, n.

noun

n. [A-S. stoppa, a large cup, D. stoop, a measure of about two quarts, Sw. stop, a measure of about three pints, Dan. stob, a pottle, Icel. straup, a cup, O. H. Ger. stouph, stopha, O. & Prov. Ger. stoop, id., N. H. Ger. stübchen, a gallon, stoop.] 1. A vessel of liquor; a flagon. Fetch me a stoop of liquor. Shak. 2. [Allied to A-S. steb, trunk, Ger. stab. See STAFF.] A post fixed in the earth. [Prov. Eng.]