身みをかがめる

expression, ichidan verb

stoop; bend over

Describes bending one's body forward or downward, often to avoid something or to pick something up.

• 彼かれは低ひくい天てん井じょうに頭あたまをぶつけないように身みをかがめた。

  He stooped so as not to hit his head on the low ceiling.

• 落おちたペンを拾ひろうために身みをかがめた。

  I bent over to pick up the fallen pen.