stoop
stoop1 / stoōp/ • v. [intr.] 1. bend one's head or body forward and downward: he stooped down and reached toward the coin | Linda stooped to pick up the bottles | [tr.] the man stoops his head. ∎ have the head and shoulders habitually bent forward: he tends to stoop when he walks | [as adj.] (stooping) a thin, stooping figure. ∎ (of a bird of prey) swoop down on a quarry.2. lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible: Craig wouldn't stoop to thieving | she was unwilling to believe that anyone could stoop so low as to steal from a dead woman. ∎ condescend to do something.• n. 1. [in sing.] a posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forward: a tall, thin man with a stoop.2. the downward swoop of a bird of prey.stoop2 • n. a porch with steps in front of a house or other building.