Stoop
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A small porch, unroofed platform, or raised veranda leading to a main entrance. A stooping (ie. bent, see the "Verb" section below) position of the body A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To bend one's self, or one's head, forward and downward. To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals. Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
Example sentence: The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.
Stoep
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A raised verandah in front of a house.