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Definition of Stooping
1. Adjective. Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect. "A little oldish misshapen stooping woman"
Definition of Stooping
1. Adjective. Bending the body forward; yielding; submitting; condescending; inclining. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of stoop) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stooping
1. stoop [v] - See also: stoop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stooping
Literary usage of Stooping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1893)
"3 and 4 are photographs taken from life, and show typically the external form of
the body in the correct (perpendicular) and the incorrect (stooping) erect ..."
2. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"WITH a smile that never left his lips, Nikolay sat bent a little forward on a
low chair, and stooping close over his blonde beauty, he paid her mythological ..."
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