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# stirred

«stirred» in Mova's school dictionary: **mixed something by moving a spoon or stick round and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/#m1)

2) Stirred means moved a little, especially after being still or asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/#m2)

3) Stirred can mean made someone feel a strong feeling, like sadness or excitement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/#m3)

4) «Stirred up» means caused trouble or strong feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/#x1)
- I stirred the sugar until it dissolved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/#x2)
- The baby stirred in her cot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/#x3)
- The leaves stirred in the breeze. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/#x4)
- The music stirred happy memories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/#x5)
- He stirred up trouble in the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/#x6)
- We stirred the paint before using it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/#x7)
- Nothing stirred in the quiet house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/#x8)
- Round about him, not a leaf stirred. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/22-milk-cheese-and-yoghurt/7/)
- [Ice cream is stirred while freezing so the ice crystals stay tiny; melted and refrozen ice cream grows big crystals and feels crunchy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/22-milk-cheese-and-yoghurt/18/)
- [Food heated in a microwave can be very hot in some spots and cool in others, so it should be stirred.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/38-simple-cooking-and-breakfast/15/)
- [Sugar dissolves faster in warm water and when it is stirred, and more of it can dissolve in hot water than in cold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/18-materials-and-properties/16/)
- [And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1072/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stirred» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.