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▸ noun: An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
▸ verb: To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
▸ verb: To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
▸ verb: (intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
▸ verb: To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
▸ verb: To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
▸ noun: A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
▸ noun: (chiefly New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
▸ noun: (US) The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
▸ noun: (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
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crouch,
bend,
descend,
condescend,
stoep,
bow,
stoup,
lower oneself,
stoop work,
stoop labor,
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