stoop

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

curvarsi

chinarsi

abbassarsi

piegarsi

inchinarsi

inchinare

scendere

inclinarsi

ballatoio

arcuare

abbassare la testa

pianerottolo

digradare

ripiano

sottomettere

caposcala

chinare

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

sich bücken

perron

pencher

overhellen

aflopen

hellen

se baisser

se courber

buigen

bukken

🦆

inclinarse

zich bukken

agacharse

σκύβω

s’incliner

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/stuːp/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: stoupen

Ereditato da inglese antico: stūpian

Affine olandese: stuipen

Affine norse antico: stúpa

Affine Old Frisian: stēpa

Affine norse antico: steypa

Ereditato da inglese medio: stope

Affine inglese antico: stēap

Ereditato da inglese 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”).