stoop
noun
°A small porch, unroofed platform, or raised veranda leading to a main entrance.
"The workers made a stoop in front of the door."
°The threshold of one's doorway, a doorstep.
verb
°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.
synonyms: porch, veranda, step, doorstep