A stooping, bent position of the body.
The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.
An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
To cause to incline downward; to slant.
Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
To cause to submit; to prostrate.
To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.