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Stoop

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bownoun(archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
condescendverb(intransitive) (figurative) To treat someone as though inferior; to talk down to someone; to patronize.
bendnoun(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
descendverbSenses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
stoupnounA receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church.
stoepnounA raised veranda in front of a house.
lower oneselfverbdebase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
crouchnoun(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.

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stoepnounA raised veranda in front of a house.
bownoun(archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
stoupnounA receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church.
bendnoun(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
crouchnoun(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
descendverbSenses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
condescendverb(intransitive) (figurative) To treat someone as though inferior; to talk down to someone; to patronize.
lower oneselfverbdebase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
doorstepnoun(architecture) An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
doorwaynounThe passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.
porchnoun(architecture) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
doornoun(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
readyverbPrepared for immediate action or use.
loannoun(law, banking, finance) A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).
deignverb(intransitive) To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity.
hunchnounA theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
slumpnoun(intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly.
droopverb(intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
inclinenoun(chiefly intransitive, chiefly passive voice) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
prostrateverbLying flat, face-down.

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