stoop

IPA: stˈup

A stooping, bent position of the body.
An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
(chiefly chiefly New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
(US) The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.
(dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.

To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
(intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
(transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
(transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.

Examples of "stoop" in Sentences

She had to stoop down low to pick up the fallen pen from the ground
The old man sat on the stoop of his house, watching the world go by
I had to stoop under the low-hanging branches to pass through the narrow trail
The weight of the heavy backpack made him stoop slightly as he walked
The child's bright smile made even the grumpiest passerby on the stoop stop and smile back