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| 1. subst. (chiefly Northeastern US, chiefly New York, also, Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence. |  |
| 2. subst. (US) The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep. | |
| 3. v. To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch. | |
| He stooped to tie his shoe-laces. | |
| 4. v. To lower oneself; to demean or do 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? | |
| 5. v. Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey. | |
| 6. v. To cause to incline downward; to slant. | |
| to stoop a cask of liquor | |
| 7. v. To cause to submit; to prostrate. | |
| 8. v. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection. | |
| 9. v. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. | |
| 10. v. To degrade. | |
| 11. subst. A stooping, bent position of the body | |
| The old man walked with a stoop. | |
| 12. subst. An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack. | |
| 13. subst. (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine. | |
| 14. subst. A vessel for holding liquids; a flagon. | |
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