STOOP

noun a post fixed in the earth.

2. stoop ·noun a vessel of liquor; a flagon.

3. stoop ·vt to degrade.

4. stoop ·noun the fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.

5. stoop ·vt to cause to submit; to prostrate.

6. stoop ·vi to sink when on the wing; to alight.

7. stoop ·vt to bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body.

8. stoop ·vi to descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.

9. stoop ·noun descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.

10. stoop ·vt to cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.

11. stoop ·noun the act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.

12. stoop ·vi to come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.

13. stoop ·vi to yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.

14. stoop ·vi to bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.

15. stoop ·noun originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the dutch stoep as introduced by the dutch into new york. afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the french perron. hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.