stoop

Universal Words verb, noun verb [V] 1 ~ (down) to bend your body forwards and downwards: She stooped down to pick up the child. * The doorway was so low that he had to stoop. 2 to stand or walk with your head and shoulders bent forwards: He tends to stoop because he's so tall. IDIOMS stoop so low (as to do sth) (written) to lower your moral standards far enough to do sth bad or unpleasant: She was unwilling to believe anyone would stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman's finger. PHRASALVERBS stoop to sth to lower your moral standards to do sth bad or unpleasant: You surely don't think I'd stoop to that! * [+-ing] I didn't think he'd stoop to cheating. noun 1 [sing.] if sb has a stoop, their shoulders are always bent forward 2 [C] (AmE) a raised area outside the door of a house with steps leading up to it: the front stoop * We sat talking on the stoop until midnight.