From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stoop \Stoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stooping}.] [OE. stoupen; akin to AS. st?pian, OD. stuypen,
Icel. st[=u]pa, 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.
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2. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume
a position of humility or subjection.
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Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long, . . .
Yet stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong.
--Dryden.
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These are arts, my prince,
In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome.
--Addison.
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3. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. "She
stoops to conquer." --Goldsmith.
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Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it
multiplieth riches exceedingly. --Bacon.
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4. To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to
souse; to swoop.
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The bird of Jove, stooped from his aery tour,
Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.
--Milton.
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5. To sink when on the wing; to alight.
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And stoop with closing pinions from above. --Dryden.
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Cowering low
With blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing.
--Milton.
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Syn: To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower;
shrink.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stooped
adj 1: having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a
little oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: {hunched},
{round-backed}, {round-shouldered}, {stooped},
{stooping}, {crooked}]
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