Stirred Stir Stirring Make Move Tea Milk Verb

• she stirred her tea.
• stir the paint before you use it.
• the vegetables are stirred into the rice while it is hot.
• stir in the milk until the sauce thickens.

stir

1. to move a liquid or substance around, using a spoon or something similar, in order to mix it thoroughly
• She stirred her tea.
• Stir the paint before you use it.
• The vegetables are stirred into the rice while it is hot.
• Stir in the milk until the sauce thickens.
• Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
• Oil and water do not mix.
• She stirred her tea.
• The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air.
• He felt a kind of happiness mingled with regret.
• Blend the flour with the milk to make a smooth paste.
2. to move, or to make something move, slightly
• She heard the baby stir in the next room.
• A slight breeze was stirring the branches.
• A noise stirred me from sleep.
3. to move, or to make somebody move, in order to do something
• You haven't stirred from that chair all evening!
• Come on, stir yourself. You're late!
• Their complaints have finally stirred him into action.
4. to make somebody excited or make them feel something strongly
• a book that really stirs the imagination
• She was stirred by his sad story.
5. to begin to be felt
• A feeling of guilt began to stir in her.
• New optimism was stirring throughout the country.
6. to try to cause trouble
• see also stirrer
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/stirrer
• You're just stirring it!
7. to make somebody excited
• See related entries: Excitement
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/excitement/stir_1
8. to begin to move; to hurry

Extra Examples

• Boil the mixture, stirring frequently.
• Bring to the boil, stirring all the time.
• Chop an onion and stir it into the sauce.
• Going back there stirred up a lot of memories for her.
• Gradually stir in the beaten egg.
• It was not music to set hearts on fire or deeply stir the emotions.
• Stir over a medium heat for three minutes.
• The students stirred restlessly in their seats.
• The wind came in tiny puffs that hardly stirred the surface of the water.
• The wind hardly stirred the surface of the water.
• He was stirred by the child’s sad story.
• It’s a book that really stirs the imagination.
• Nothing stirred except the wind.
• She could hear the baby stirring in the next room.
• The atmosphere in a theatre never failed to stir her blood.
• The encounter stirred long-forgotten feelings within her.
• The preachers were stirred to new zeal.
• This brutal killing has stirred the nation’s conscience.
• You haven’t stirred from that chair all evening!

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they stir
• he / she / it stirs
• past simple stirred
• past participle stirred
• -ing form stirring

Word Origin

• Old English styrian, of Germanic origin; related to German stören ‘disturb’.