Porch Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Porch crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on October 18 2024 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Porch has a total of 5 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | STOOP | Porch | Wall Street Journal |
| 20% | STOOP | Small porch | Thomas Joseph |
| 20% | MAT | Porch sight | Thomas Joseph |
Definition
| • | Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door. |
| • | A vessel of liquor; a flagon. |
| • | A post fixed in the earth. |
| • | To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position. |
| • | To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection. |
| • | To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. |
| • | To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop. |
| • | To sink when on the wing; to alight. |
| • | To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body. |
| • | To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor. |
| • | To cause to submit; to prostrate. |
| • | To degrade. |
| • | The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders. |
| • | Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation. |
| • | The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- Wall Street Journal: Oct 18, 2024
- Eugene Sheffer: Sep 30, 2023
- Eugene Sheffer: Mar 21, 2023
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