stoop

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

perron

pencher

se baisser

se courber

s’incliner

se pencher

avoir le dos rond

baisser

courber

piqué

être voûté

chanfreiner

arc

🙇

s’abaisser

plier

incliner

être en pente

être vouté

bénitier

Synonymes

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

Traductions

sich bücken

overhellen

hellen

buigen

chinarsi

aflopen

curvarsi

bukken

🦆

abbassarsi

agacharse

zich bukken

σκύβω

inclinarse

inclinar

bücken

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/stuːp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: stoupen

Hérité de ancien anglais: stūpian

Appartenant à néerlandais: stuipen

Appartenant à vieux norrois: stúpa

Appartenant à Old Frisian: stēpa

Appartenant à vieux norrois: steypa

Hérité de moyen anglais: stope

Appartenant à ancien anglais: stēap

Hérité de moyen anglais: 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”).