<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk</li><li>to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward: to stoop from age</li><li>(of trees, precipices, etc.) to bend, bow, or lean</li><li>to descend from one's level of dignity; condescend; deign: Don't stoop to argue with him</li><li>to swoop down, as a hawk at prey</li><li>to submit; yield</li><li>Obsolete: to come down from a height</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to bend (oneself, one's head, etc.) forward and downward</li><li>Archaic: to abase, humble, or subdue</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or an instance of stooping</li><li>a stooping position or carriage of body: The elderly man walked with a stoop</li><li>a descent from dignity or superiority</li><li>a downward swoop, as of a hawk</li></ul>