stoop

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to bend the body forward and down, or a small front porch

   She had to stoop to pass beneath the low doorway.

The 'bend forward' sense is from Old English 'stūpian', to bow down. The 'small porch' sense is a separate word, from Dutch 'stoep', a flight of steps, brought to America by Dutch settlers.

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