Verb
1. 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"2. debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way;
"I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"3. descend swiftly, as if on prey;
"The eagle stooped on the mice in the field"4. sag, bend, bend over or down;
"the rocks stooped down over the hiking path"5. 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"