stoop
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
Types & categories
- inclining hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
bend one's back forward from the waist on down
he crouched down
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
basin for holy water
Types & categories
- basin hypernym
Sense 4 verb
debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Sense 5 noun
small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
Types & categories
- porch hypernym
Sense 6 verb
descend swiftly, as if on prey
The eagle stooped on the mice in the field
Types & categories
- swoop hypernym
Sense 7 verb
sag, bend, bend over or down
the rocks stooped down over the hiking path
Types & categories
- slope hypernym
Related & opposite
- stooper derivation
Sense 8 verb
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
Types & categories
- carry hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stoop |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stoop |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inclining |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | stoop to |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stoop |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crouch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bowing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stooper |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | change posture |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | squinch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cower |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | basin |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | porch |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | swoop |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | stooper |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | slope |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | stoop |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | stooper |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | carry |