stoop

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

curvar-se

inclinar

inclinar-se

agachar

incline

vergar-se

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

sich bücken

perron

pencher

overhellen

curvarsi

hellen

bukken

🦆

aflopen

se courber

chinarsi

se baisser

buigen

abbassarsi

σκύβω

zich bukken

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/stuːp/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: stoupen

Herdado de inglês arcaico: stūpian

Cognato com holandês: stuipen

Cognato com nórdico arcaico: stúpa

Cognato com Old Frisian: stēpa

Cognato com nórdico arcaico: steypa

Herdado de inglês médio: stope

Cognato com inglês arcaico: stēap

Herdado de inglês médio: 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”).