stir
/stɜː/
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Translation
To move a liquid or food around with a spoon.
Word origin
From Old English styrian, meaning to move or set in motion.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- styrian
Grammar
Verb typeregular (stir, stirs, stirred)
Examples
soup .
Here "stir" means to move it around with a spoon.
.
"Stirred" is the past form of "stir".
pot .
"Stirs" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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