bend one's head or body forwards and downwards

he stooped down and reached towards the coin

Linda stooped to pick up the bottles

the man stoops his head

lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible

Craig wouldn't stoop to thieving

she was unwilling to believe that anyone could stoop so low as to steal from a dead woman

(of a bird of prey) swoop down on a quarry

we witnessed an eagle stooping on its prey

a posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forwards

a tall, thin man with a stoop

the downward swoop of a bird of prey

a porch with steps in front of a house or other building

a basin for holy water, especially on the wall near the door of a Roman Catholic church for worshippers to dip their fingers in before crossing themselves