stooping in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for stooping in the English»French Dictionary

I.stoop [Brit stuːp, Am stup] N

1. stoop (curvature):

to have a stoop

avoir le dos voûté

to walk with a stoop

marcher courbé

2. stoop Am (veranda):

stoop

perron m

3. stoop (of hawk):

stoop

descente f en piqué

II.stoop [Brit stuːp, Am stup] VB intr

1. stoop (be bent over):

stoop

être voûté

2. stoop (lean forward):

stoop

se pencher

to stoop down

se baisser

to stoop over sth

se pencher sur qc

3. stoop (debase oneself):

to stoop to blackmail, lies

s'abaisser à

to stoop so low as to do sth

s'abaisser jusqu'à faire qc

4. stoop (plunge):

stoop bird:

piquer

III.stooping ADJ

stooping person:

stooping

courbé

stooping shoulders

épaules fpl voûtées

stoop labour N Am

stoop labour

travail agricole au ras du sol

Translations for stooping in the French»English Dictionary

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voûté (voûtée) personne

stooping

il est voûté ou il a le dos voûté

he has a stoop

perron

stoop

être courbé (par déformation)

to stoop

voûter personne

to give [sb] a stoop

se voûter personne:

to develop a stoop

prêt à toutes les bassesses

prepared to stoop to anything

s'abaisser à faire qc

to stoop to doing sth

il est prêt à toutes les bassesses pour de l'argent

he will do anything ou he will stoop to anything for money

avoir le dos rond ou voûté

to stoop, to have round shoulders

stooping in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for stooping in the English»French Dictionary

I.stoop [stu:p] N no pl

stoop

dos m rond

II.stoop [stu:p] VB intr

1. stoop (bend the body):

to stoop down

se baisser

to stoop to doing sth pej

s'abaisser à faire qc

2. stoop (to have a bad posture):

stoop

se voûter

Translations for stooping in the French»English Dictionary

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courber le dos

to stoop

se baisser

to stoop

stooping Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to stoop down

se baisser

to stoop to doing sth pej

s'abaisser à faire qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Snipping away with secateurs in a slightly stooping position produces a dull back pain in about 10 minutes.

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Rather than using the traditional method of entering a tea house by stooping low, the visitor climbs a ladder to the top.

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When all the players are stooping, the last in the line begins leaping over all the others in turn.

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Mirages show an extra image or images of the miraged object, while looming, towering, stooping, and sinking do not.

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The group can also show a softer side without stooping to syrupy-ness.

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