stoop
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/stuːp/
English
Definitions
noun
- The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
- The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.
noun
- A stooping, bent position of the body.“The old man walked with a stoop.”
- An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
verb
- To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.“He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.”
- To lower oneself; to demean or do 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?”
- Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
- To cause to incline downward; to slant.“to stoop a cask of liquor”
noun
- A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
noun
- A vessel for holding liquids; a flagon.
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Synonyms
doorstepstepporchverandahbend downcrouchsquatstoepbowstoupbenddescendcondescendlower oneselfdoorwaydoorreadyloan