Stoop

·noun A post fixed in the earth.

II. Stoop ·noun A vessel of liquor; a flagon.

III. Stoop ·vt To Degrade.

IV. Stoop ·noun The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.

V. Stoop ·vt To cause to submit; to Prostrate.

VI. Stoop ·vi To sink when on the wing; to Alight.

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

VIII. Stoop ·vi To descend from rank or dignity; to Condescend.

IX. Stoop ·noun Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.

X. Stoop ·vt To cause to incline downward; to Slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.

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

XII. Stoop ·vi To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to Pounce; to Souse; to Swoop.

XIII. Stoop ·vi To Yield; to Submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.

XIV. 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.

XV. 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.