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stoop

English

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