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The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.

The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.

A stooping, bent position of the body.

Example: The old man walked with a stoop.

An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.

To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.

Example: He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.

To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.

Example: Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?

Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.

To cause to incline downward; to slant.

Example: to stoop a cask of liquor

A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.

A vessel for holding liquids; a flagon.