4. To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop. The bird of Jove, stooped from his aëry tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove. Milton.
5. To sink when on the wing; to alight.
And stoop with closing pinions from above. Dryden.
Cowering low With blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing.
Milton.
Syn.
— To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower; shrink.
STOOP
Stoop, v. t.
1. To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body. "Have stooped my neck." Shak.
2. To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.
3. To cause to submit; to prostrate. [Obs.] Many of those whose states so tempt thine ears Are stooped by death; and many left alive. Chapman.
4. To degrade. [Obs.] Shak.
STOOP
Stoop, n.
1. The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.