Main entry: stoop
Definition: an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
Definition: small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
Definition: basin for holy water
Main entry: stoop
Definition: carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
Usage: The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane
Main entry: stoop
Definition: sag, bend, bend over or down
Usage: the rocks stooped down over the hiking path
Main entry: bow, stoop, bend, crouch
Definition: bend one's back forward from the waist on down
Usage: he crouched down; She bowed before the Queen; The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
Main entry: stoop
Definition: descend swiftly, as if on prey
Usage: The eagle stooped on the mice in the field
Main entry: lower oneself, condescend, stoop
Definition: debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
Usage: I won't stoop to reading other people's mail