Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Stooping
stooping, adj. [see stoop, v.]
- Bent; bowed; crooked; not upright; not standing straight; [fig.] lowly; inferior; subordinate; undignified; afraid to stand up for something.
- Curved; arching; lowered; [metaphor] humble; modest; [fig.] droopy; sagging.
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