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An uncovered platform before the entrance of a house, raised, and approached by means of steps. Sometimes incorrectly used for porch or veranda.
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A drinking-vessel; a beaker; a flagon; a tankard; a pitcher.
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Hence Liquor for drinking, especially wine, considered as the contents of a stoop: as, he tossed off his stoop.
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A basin for holy water, usuallyplaced in a niche or against the wall or a pillar at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches: also used in private houses.
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The act of stooping or bending down; hence, a habitual bend of the back or shoulders: as, to walk with a stoop.
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The darting down of a bird on its prey; a swoop; a pounce.
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Hence That which stoops or swoops; a hawk.
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A descent from superiority, dignity, or power; a condescension, concession, or submission: as, a politic stoop.
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The stock or stem, as of a tree; the stump.
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A post or pillar; specifically, an upright post used to mark distance, etc., on a racecourse.
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An upright support; a prop or column; specifically, in coal-mining, a pillar of coal left to support the roof.
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Figuratively, a sustainer; a patron.
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To bend; bow; incline; especially, of persons, to lower the body by bending forward and downward.
To be bent or inclined from the perpendicular; specifically, to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward from the upright line of the rest of the body.
To come down; descend.
Specifically, to swoop upon prey or quarry, as a hawk; pounce.
To condescend; deign: especially expressing a lowering of the moral self, and generally followed by an infinitive or the proposition to.
To yield; submit; succumb.
To bend downward; bow.
To incline; tilt: as, to stoop a cask.
To bring or take down; lower, as a flag or a sail.
To put down; abase; submit; subject.
To cast down; prostrate; overthrow; overcome.
To swoop or pounce down upon.
To steep; macerate.