stoop

(Inglés)

Noun

1. A stooping, bent position of the body.
2. An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.

Verb

1. To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
2. To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
3. (intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
4. (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
5. (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
6. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
7. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/stuːp/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: stoupen

Heredado de inglés antiguo: stūpian

Cognado con neerlandés: stuipen

Cognado con nórdico antiguo: stúpa

Cognado con Old Frisian: stēpa

Cognado con nórdico antiguo: steypa

Heredado de inglés medio: stope

Cognado con inglés antiguo: stēap

Heredado de inglés medio: stoupe

In summary

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”).

Conceptos

agacharse

inclinarse

encorvarse

acurrucarse

inclinar

rebajarse

bajarse

encorvada

inclinación

ladearse

porche

zaguán

agobiarse

rebajarse a hacer algo

descender

dignarse

doblarse

encorvar

combarse

corcovar

Sinónimos

bend

bend down

bow

🙇

crouch

bend over

lean

incline

condescend

slope

tip

bow down

slouch

tilt

deign

lower

slant

droop

bent

swoop

duck

🦆

lower oneself

hunch

hunched

stoup

sink

veranda

bend forward

curve

be bent

curtsy

submit

lean forward

vouchsafe

bending over

hang

stooped

stoep

porch

pounce

descend

rounding of the shoulders

degrade

burst

dash

💨

buck

curl up

hunchback

curl

barge

hump