"stooping" in the verb sense

1. crouch, stoop, bend, bow

bend one's back forward from the waist on down

"he crouched down"

"She bowed before the Queen"

"The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

2. condescend, stoop, lower oneself

debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way

"I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"

3. stoop

descend swiftly, as if on prey

"The eagle stooped on the mice in the field"

4. stoop

sag, bend, bend over or down

"the rocks stooped down over the hiking path"

5. stoop

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"

"stooping" in the adjective sense

1. hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked

having the back and shoulders rounded not erect

"a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"

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