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verb | noun stoopstoop1 /stup/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYstoop1Origin: Old English stupian VERB TABLEstoop |
Present | I, you, we, they | stoop | | he, she, it | stoops | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | stooped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have stooped | | he, she, it | has stooped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had stooped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will stoop | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have stooped |
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Present | I | am stooping | | he, she, it | is stooping | | you, we, they | are stooping | Past | I, he, she, it | was stooping | | you, we, they | were stooping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been stooping | | he, she, it | has been stooping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been stooping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be stooping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been stooping |
► stoop so low I didn’t think even you could stoop so low! ► stoop to somebody’s/that/this level You don’t have to stoop to his level to be successful. 1 (also stoop down) to bend your body forward and down: David stooped down to tie his shoes.2disapproving to do something bad or morally wrong, which you do not normally do: I didn’t think even you could stoop so low!stoop to She would never stoop to blackmail.stoop to somebody’s/that/this level You don’t have to stoop to his level to be successful.3to stand with your back and shoulders bent forward verb | noun stoopstoop2 noun 1[countable] a raised area at the door of a house, usually big enough to sit on2[singular] if you have a stoop, your shoulders slope forward or seem too round |