STOOP

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Traducere în limba română

stoop¹ I. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a (a)pleca, a înclina; a îndoi, a apăsa, a încovoia.

2. (înv.) a umili.

stoop¹ I. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a se (a)pleca, a se înclina; a se îndoi, a se încovoia, a se gheboşa, a se gârbovi.

2. a se coborî, a se înjosi, a se umili.

3. a condescinde, a binevoi.

4. a coborî, a se arunca în jos, a tăbărî (asupra unei prăzi).

5. a se supune, a ceda.

6. (mar.) a se înclina.

stoop¹ II. substantiv

1. gârbovire, încovoiere, aplecare.

2. afabilitate, bunăvoinţă.

3. umilire.

4. coborâre, cădere, zbor în jos, năpustire (a şoimului asupra prăzii).

stoop² substantiv

(amer.) verandă neacoperită (în faţa intrării).

stoop³ substantiv

1. (dial.) pilon, stâlp.

2. sprijin, suport.

3. (fig.) reazem, sprijin.

4. (înv.) butuc, buştean.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

"Jane! will you hear reason?" (he stooped and approached his lips to my ear); "because, if you won't, I'll try violence."

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

She forgot every word of it, hung her head, and answered, "I don't know," so softly that John had to stoop down to catch the foolish little reply.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

He stooped and whispered to Sir Robert Knolles and Sir Huge Calverley, who smiled as men well pleased, and hastened from the room.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Stanley Hopkins drew the key from his pocket and had stooped to the lock, when he paused with a look of attention and surprise upon his face.

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

Lord John held up his hand as a signal for us to stop, and he made his way swiftly, stooping and running, to the line of rocks.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

One of the Indians arose and walked over to him and stooped above him.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

I saw her stooping over her, and putting money in her bosom.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I dared not address her openly; my difficulties in the then state of Enscombe must be too well known to require definition; and I was fortunate enough to prevail, before we parted at Weymouth, and to induce the most upright female mind in the creation to stoop in charity to a secret engagement.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

And the little doves stooped their heads down and set to work, pick, pick, pick; and then the others began to pick, pick, pick: and among them all they soon picked out all the good grain, and put it into a dish but left the ashes.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

While I was eagerly glancing at the bright pages of "Marmion" (for "Marmion" it was), St. John stooped to examine my drawing.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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