(v)crouch, stoop, bend, bow1bend one's back forward from the waist on down“he crouched down”, “She bowed before the Queen”, “The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse”
(v)condescend, stoop, lower oneselfdebase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way“I won't stoop to reading other people's mail”
(v)stoopcarry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward“The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane”