Stir Past Tense

The past tense of Stir is stirred.

1. stir

verb. ['ˈstɝː'] move an implement through.

Rhymes with Stir

• entrepreneur
• restauranteur
• restaurateur
• transfer
• saboteur
• redifer
• francoeur
• connoisseur
• reoccur
• ramseur
• prefer
• monsieur
• lefleur
• lafleur
• defleur
• credeur
• confer
• concur
• refer
• recur
• oclair
• o'clair
• mcgirr
• mccur
• liqueur
• inter
• infer
• incur
• esquer
• dufur

How do you pronounce stir?

Pronounce stir as stər.

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Sentences with stir

1. Adjective
Hold a stir spoon in one hand the bowl containing the raw eggs in the other.

2. Noun, singular or mass
Put a cup of regular flour and a cup of salt into a bowl, and stir.

3. Verb, base form
Add 1/2 cup of cold to room temperature water, and stir thoroughly to remove any lumps.

Quotes about stir

1. Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination.
- Oscar Wilde

2. When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others
- Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power

3. She is all the great heroines of the world in one. She is more than an individual. I love her, and I must make her love me. I want to make Romeo jealous. I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter, and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir dust into consciousness, to wake their ashes into pain.
- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

2. stir

verb. ['ˈstɝː'] move very slightly.

3. stir

verb. ['ˈstɝː'] stir feelings in.

4. stir

verb. ['ˈstɝː'] stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.

5. stir

verb. ['ˈstɝː'] affect emotionally.

6. stir

verb. ['ˈstɝː'] summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.

7. stir

verb. ['ˈstɝː'] mix or add by stirring.

8. stir

verb. ['ˈstɝː'] to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir".

9. stir

noun. ['ˈstɝː'] a rapid active commotion.

10. stir

noun. ['ˈstɝː'] emotional agitation and excitement.