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Stoop

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA stooping, bent position of the body.
"The old man walked with a stoop."
2.NounAn accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
3.VerbTo bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
"He stooped to tie his shoe-laces."
4.VerbTo lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
"Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?"
5.VerbOf a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
6.VerbTo cause to incline downward; to slant.
"to stoop a cask of liquor"
7.VerbTo cause to submit; to prostrate.
8.VerbTo yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
9.VerbTo descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
10.NounA vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
11.NounThe staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
12.NounThe threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
13.NounA post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
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