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 →

2) A stoop is a habit of standing with your shoulders and head bent forward. tree →

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 →

4) (US, Canada) A stoop is a small set of steps and a platform in front of a house door. tree →

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 →
• Grandad walks with a slight stoop. tree →
• He stooped under the low doorway. tree →
• I would never stoop to stealing. tree →
• They sat on the stoop eating ice lollies. (US) tree →
• Don't stoop when you lift the heavy box; bend your knees. tree →
• The giant had to stoop to enter the house. tree →
• He stooped to look at it. tree →

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?
• They stoop, they bow down together, they could not deliver the burden; and themselves are gone into captivity.
• God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stoop» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.