stoop (B1)
verb
Pronunciation: /stuːp/
Definition
To bend your body forward and down from the waist, especially to pick something up or to see something more clearly.
Examples
He had to stoop to enter the low doorway.
She stooped to retrieve the fallen pen.
The child stooped to examine the tiny insect.
How to Use stoop
- stoop to pick up (collocation)
- To bend down in order to retrieve something. — "She stooped to pick up the scattered papers."
- stoop down (phrasal verb)
- To bend your body forward and down from the waist. — "The photographer asked the model to stoop down slightly."
- stoop to (prepositional phrase)
- To behave in a way that is considered morally wrong or socially unacceptable. — "He refused to stoop to cheating to win the game."
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