Stoop
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- stoop: a raised platform, verandah, porch or set of steps leading up to the front door of a house
- stoop: to bend forward; to lower one's dignity → cf. 008.09 ("Mind your hats goan in"), when we had to stoop on our way into the museyroom
- She Stoops to Conquer: a play by Oliver Goldsmith