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stoop
A	noun
	1	stoop
			an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move; motility ╚inclination; inclining ╚stoop
	2	stoop, stoep
			small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚structure; construction ╚porch ╚stoop, stoep
	3	stoup, stoop
			basin for holy water
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚container ╚vessel ╚basin ╚stoup, stoop
B	verb
	1	stoop
			carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward; "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane"
		Category Tree: hold; carry; bear ╚stoop
	2	stoop
			sag, bend, bend over or down; "the rocks stooped down over the hiking path"
		Category Tree: change ╚change shape; change form; deform ╚bend; flex ╚lean; tilt; tip; slant; angle ╚slope; incline; pitch ╚stoop
	3	crouch, stoop, bend, bow
			bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
		Category Tree: change ╚change shape; change form; deform ╚bend; flex ╚crouch, stoop, bend, bow ╚huddle; cower ╚squinch
	4	stoop
			descend swiftly, as if on prey; "The eagle stooped on the mice in the field"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚descend; fall; go down; come down ╚pounce; swoop ╚stoop
	5	condescend, stoop, lower oneself
			debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚condescend, stoop, lower oneself

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