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
(of a person) having the head and shoulders habitually bent forwards
a thin, stooped figure