stoop

Noun

• small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house

• basin for holy water

• an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward

Verb

• carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
  • The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane
    

• sag, bend, bend over or down
  • the rocks stooped down over the hiking path
    

• descend swiftly, as if on prey
  • The eagle stooped on the mice in the field
    

• debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
  • I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
    

• bend one's back forward from the waist on down
  • he crouched down
    
  • She bowed before the Queen
    
  • The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  stoep , stoup , condescend , lower oneself , crouch , bend , bow