stoop
stoop1 /stuːp/ 
verb [intransitive]
We had to stoop to pass through the low entrance.
Dave stooped down to tie his shoes.
2. to stand with your back and shoulders bent forwards
stoop to something phrasal verb
to do something bad or morally wrong, which you do not normally do
stoop to doing something
I didn’t expect you to stoop to lying.
stoop to sb’s/that level
Don’t stoop to her level.
stoop2 noun
1. [singular] if you have a stoop, your shoulders are bent forward:
Mr Hamilton was an odd, quiet man who walked with a stoop.
2. [countable] American English a raised area at the door of a house, usually big enough to sit on
| I |
verb [intransitive] Language: Old English
Origin: stupian
1. (also stoop down) to bend your body forward and down:Origin: stupian
2. to stand with your back and shoulders bent forwards
stoop to something phrasal verb
to do something bad or morally wrong, which you do not normally do
stoop to doing something
stoop to sb’s/that level
| II |
noun1. [singular] if you have a stoop, your shoulders are bent forward:
2. [countable] American English a raised area at the door of a house, usually big enough to sit on