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Stoop

stuːp

Stoop definitions
verb
stoop stooped stooping stoops
  1. bend one's head or body forwards and downwards

    "he stooped down and reached towards the coin"

    bend down bend lean over lean down kneel crouch down squat down hunker down hunch down lower bend incline bow duck
    • have the head and shoulders habitually bent forwards

      "he tends to stoop when he walks"

  2. lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible

    "Craig wouldn't stoop to thieving"

    lower oneself sink descend resort
    • condescend to do something

      "the princes now and then stooped to pay a nominal homage"

  3. (of a bird of prey) swoop down on a quarry

    "we witnessed an eagle stooping on its prey"