STOOPED

/stuːpt/
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Definition

/stuːpt/
verb
  1. To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
    “He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.”
  2. To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
    “Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?”
  3. Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
adjective
  1. In a bent bodily position, hunched

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