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English to English noun
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an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward |  | source: wordnet30
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basin for holy water | | source: wordnet30
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small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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A vessel of liquor; a flagon. | | source: webster1913
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A post fixed in the earth. | | source: webster1913
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The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders. | | source: webster1913 verb
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bend one's back forward from the waist on down | | Example: he crouched down
She bowed before the Queen
The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
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debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way | | Example: I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
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descend swiftly, as if on prey | | Example: The eagle stooped on the mice in the field
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sag, bend, bend over or down | | Example: the rocks stooped down over the hiking path
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carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward | | Example: The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body. | | source: webster1913
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