stoop (n.)
- accord
- bend
- bob
- bow
- cannonball
- cascade
- cataract
- chute
- collapse
- comedown
- crash
- crawl
- creep
- crouch
- curtsy
- debacle
- declension
- declination
- descension
- descent
- dive
- down
- downfall
- downgrade
- downpour
- downturn
- drop
- dropping
- duck
- fall
- favor
- fawn
- gainer
- gallery
- genuflection
- gravitation
- header
- hunch
- inclination
- jackknife
- kneel
- kneeling
- kowtow
- lanai
- lordosis
- nod
- obeisance
- oblige
- parachute
- patio
- piazza
- pitch
- plop
- plummet
- plump
- plunge
- plunk
- porch
- pounce
- precipitate
- prostration
- rain
- rapids
- reverence
- salaam
- scrunch
- sink
- skin-dive
- slouch
- solarium
- sound
- squat
- supination
- swoop
- thaw
- toady
- torticollis
- truckle
- veranda
- wallow
- waterfall
- welter
- wryneck
stoop (v.)
- accommodate
- accord
- bend
- bob
- bootlick
- bow
- cascade
- chute
- collapse
- concede
- condescend
- cower
- crash
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- curtsy
- deign
- derogate
- descend
- dive
- down
- downgrade
- drop
- duck
- fall
- favor
- fawn
- flatter
- genuflect
- gravitate
- grovel
- hunch
- jackknife
- kneel
- kowtow
- nod
- oblige
- parachute
- pitch
- plop
- plummet
- plump
- plunge
- plunk
- pounce
- precipitate
- rain
- relax
- reverence
- salaam
- scrunch
- sink
- skin-dive
- slouch
- sound
- squat
- swoop
- thaw
- toady
- truckle
- unbend
- vouchsafe
- wallow
- welter
I will instruct my sorrows to be proud;
For grief is proud, and makes his owner stoop.
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar.
