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stoop

noun
  1. an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
  2. small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
    stoep
  3. basin for holy water
    stoup
verb
  1. carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
    “The old grandparent was stooping, but could walk around without a cane.”
  2. sag, bend, bend over or down
    “the rocks stooped down over the hiking path”
  3. bend one's back forward from the waist on down
    crouchbow
  4. descend swiftly, as if on prey
    “The eagle stooped on the mice in the field”
  5. debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
    “I won't stoop to reading other people's mail”
    condescendlower oneself