[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stooping \stoop"ing\,
   a.  n. from stoop. -- stoop"ingly, adv.
   1913 webster
see also:
stoop stoop"ingly 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stoop \stoop\, v. i. imp.  p. p. stooped; p. pr.  vb. n.
   stooping. oe. stoupen; akin to as. st?pian, od. stuypen,
   icel. st=upa, sw. stupa to fall, to tilt. cf 5th steep.
   1. to bend the upper part of the body downward and forward;
      to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or
      walking; to assume habitually a bent position.
      1913 webster

   2. to yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume
      a position of humility or subjection.
      1913 webster

            mighty in her ships stood carthage long, . . .
            yet stooped to rome, less wealthy, but more strong.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            these are arts, my prince,
            in which your zama does not stoop to rome.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

   3. to descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. "she
      stoops to conquer." --goldsmith.
      1913 webster

            where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it
            multiplieth riches exceedingly.       --bacon.
      1913 webster

   4. to come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to
      souse; to swoop.
      1913 webster

            the bird of jove, stooped from his aery tour,
            two birds of gayest plume before him drove.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   5. to sink when on the wing; to alight.
      1913 webster

            and stoop with closing pinions from above. --dryden.
      1913 webster

            cowering low
            with blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   syn: to lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower;
        shrink.
        1913 webster
see also:
stooped stooping steep 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stooping
     adj : having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little
           oldish misshapen stooping woman" syn: hunched, round-backed,
            round-shouldered, stooped, crooked
see also:
hunched round-backed round-shouldered stooped crooked 

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