stooping

1. To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.

   He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.

2. To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.

   Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?

3. Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
4. To cause to incline downward; to slant.

   to stoop a cask of liquor

5. To cause to submit; to prostrate.
6. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
7. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
8. To degrade.

noun

The act of one who stoops.

adjective

Bending the body forward; yielding; submitting; condescending; inclining.