stirring
part of speech
verb form (stir, stirs, stirred, stirring); adjective (stirring); noun (a stirring)
meaning for a pupil
1) (verb) Stirring is moving a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it. tree →
2) (verb) Moving slightly, or starting to wake up. tree →
3) (adjective) Stirring music or words make you feel strong emotion, like pride or excitement. tree →
4) (informal) Stirring trouble is trying to make people argue. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in cooking and science: stirring helps sugar dissolve faster in water (a fair test variable). In stories: "something was stirring in the bushes", "a stirring speech". Phrase: "stirring up trouble".
examples
- Keep stirring the soup so it doesn't burn. tree →
- Stirring helps the sugar dissolve faster. tree →
- Something was stirring in the dark. tree →
- The baby is stirring; she will wake soon. tree →
- The captain gave a stirring speech before the match. tree →
- Stop stirring up trouble between your friends. tree →
- We sang a stirring song at assembly. tree →
- "Aye," says she, and went on stirring. tree →
note
-ing form of "stir": the r is doubled (stirred, stirring). In science investigations, stirring or not stirring is one variable to change.
In the corpora
- Toad: «Glorious, stirring sight! ...
- Heat, stirring and small grains all make dissolving faster, which is why loose sugar vanishes before a sugar cube does.
- Small grains dissolve faster than a lump, because they have more surface for the water to touch; stirring helps too.
- Hot water dissolves sugar faster than cold water, and fine sugar dissolves faster than a lump; stirring helps too.
- Put a fire out by drowning it with water, stirring, and drowning again until it is cold to the touch.
Trees and pragmatics
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