STOOPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stooping mean? 

• STOOPING (adjective)
  The adjective STOOPING has 1 sense:

1. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect

  Familiarity information: STOOPING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOOPING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect

Synonyms:

crooked; hunched; round-backed; round-shouldered; stooped; stooping

Context example:

a little oldish misshapen stooping woman

Similar:

unerect (not upright in position or posture)

 Context examples 

He was stooping to kiss her, when Van Helsing motioned him back.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"I am hot, Adele, with stooping!"

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“Shall I sign here?” he asked, stooping over the table.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There is nothing so likely to give it as standing and stooping in a hot sun; but I dare say it will be well to-morrow.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The sight seemed to touch him very much, for suddenly stooping down, he asked in a tone that meant a great deal, "Heart's dearest, why do you cry?"

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Liar!” cried the woman; and, stooping her head, she suddenly bit fiercely into the broad brown hand which held her.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was of such a size that a single man could just fit through by stooping.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After stooping to put the bottle on the ground, he looked up at the windows, and looked about; though with a covert and impatient air, as if he was anxious to be gone.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Stooping over in quest of minnows, he jerked his head back as though he had been stung.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

In the corner, stooping over a desk, there sat what appeared to be a little girl.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)