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stooping

 
Adjective stooping has 1 sense
  1. hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked - having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"
    Antonyms: erect, vertical, upright (indirect, via unerect)
Verb stoop has 5 senses
  1. crouch, stoop, bend, bow - bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
    --1 is one way to bend, flex
    Derived forms: noun stoop1, noun stooper2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. condescend, stoop, lower oneself - debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
    --2 is one way to act, move
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. stoop - descend swiftly, as if on prey; "The eagle stooped on the mice in the field"
    --3 is one way to
    pounce, swoop
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  4. stoop - sag, bend, bend over or down; "the rocks stooped down over the hiking path"
    --4 is one way to
    slope, incline, pitch
    Derived form: noun stooper2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  5. stoop - carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward; "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane"
    --5 is one way to
    hold, carry, bear
    Derived forms: noun stoop1, noun stooper2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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