stoop
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A stooping, bent position of the body.
- An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
Sinonieme
lower oneself
stoup
lean forward
bending over
bend forward
rounding of the shoulders
be bent
round shoulders
become bent
huddle oneself up
walk with a stoop
yield
huddle up
hunch up
prostrate oneself
round-backed
swoop down
duck under
bent back
sudden descent
bend oneself
form a projection
make shoulders round
nod head
drop down
lean over
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/stuːp/
Etimologie (Engels)
From Middle English stoupen, from Old English stūpian (“to bow, bend”), from Proto-West Germanic *stūpōn, from Proto-Germanic *stūpōną, *stūpijaną (“to stand out”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, butt, knock”). Compare steep. Cognate with Dutch stuipen (“to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward”), Old Norse stúpa (“to stoop”). Related also to Old Frisian stēpa (“to help”), Old Norse steypa (“to cause to stoop, cast down, overthrow”).
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