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What does stoop mean?

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Noun
  1. (chiefly Northeastern US, chiefly New York, also, Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
  2. The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.
Verb
  1. To lower the body to a half-squatting position; crouch.
  2. To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
  3. Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
  4. (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
  5. (transitive) 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.
  8. To degrade.
Noun
  1. A stooping, bent position of the body
  2. An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
Noun
  1. (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
Noun
  1. A vessel for holding liquids; a flagon.
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