stoop

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Synonyms: stomp, stop, swoop, snoop, scoop, stool, strop, sloop, stoor, stood, stoom

Antonyms: stomp, stop, swoop, snoop, scoop, stool, strop, sloop, stoor, stood, stoom

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Noun

1. A stooping, bent position of the body.
   • The old man walked with a stoop.
2. An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.

Verb

1. To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
   • He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.
2. To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing 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?
3. Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
4. To cause to incline downward; to slant.
   • to stoop a cask of liquor
5. To cause to submit; to prostrate.
6. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
7. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.

Noun

1. A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.

Noun

1. The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
2. The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.

Noun

1. A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.

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