stirred
part of speech
verb form (stir, stirs, stirred, stirring)
meaning for a pupil
1) Stirred means mixed something by moving a spoon or stick round and round in it. tree →
2) Stirred means moved a little, especially after being still or asleep. tree →
3) Stirred can mean made someone feel a strong feeling, like sadness or excitement. tree →
4) «Stirred up» means caused trouble or strong feelings. tree →
sense in the lessons
In cooking and science, you stirred something to mix it or help it dissolve, like sugar in water. In stories, «stirred» shows a sleeping person or animal starting to wake, or the wind moving leaves. Phrases: «stirred up», «stirred in», «stirred from sleep».
examples
- She stirred the soup with a wooden spoon. tree →
- I stirred the sugar until it dissolved. tree →
- The baby stirred in her cot. tree →
- The leaves stirred in the breeze. tree →
- The music stirred happy memories. tree →
- He stirred up trouble in the playground. tree →
- We stirred the paint before using it. tree →
- Nothing stirred in the quiet house. tree →
- Round about him, not a leaf stirred. tree →
note
It is the past form of «stir»: double the r (stir → stirred, stirring). Do not confuse with «steered» (guided a vehicle) or «stared». In science, stirring helps a solid dissolve faster but does not change how much can dissolve.
In the corpora
- And ice cream feels smooth because it is stirred while freezing, keeping its ice crystals tiny.
- Ice cream is stirred while freezing so the ice crystals stay tiny; melted and refrozen ice cream grows big crystals and feels crunchy.
- Food heated in a microwave can be very hot in some spots and cool in others, so it should be stirred.
- Sugar dissolves faster in warm water and when it is stirred, and more of it can dissolve in hot water than in cold.
- And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «stirred» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.