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# stirring

verb form (stir, stirs, stirred, stirring); adjective (stirring); noun (a stirring)

«stirring» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (verb) Stirring is moving a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirring/#m1)
2. (verb) Moving slightly, or starting to wake up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirring/#m2)
3. (adjective) Stirring music or words make you feel strong emotion, like pride or excitement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirring/#m3)
4. (informal) Stirring trouble is trying to make people argue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirring/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirring/#x1)
- Stirring helps the sugar dissolve faster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirring/#x2)
- Something was stirring in the dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirring/#x3)
- The baby is stirring; she will wake soon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirring/#x4)
- The captain gave a stirring speech before the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirring/#x5)
- Stop stirring up trouble between your friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirring/#x6)
- We sang a stirring song at assembly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirring/#x7)
- "Aye," says she, and went on stirring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirring/#x8)

### Note

-ing form of "stir": the r is doubled (stirred, stirring). In science investigations, stirring or not stirring is one variable to change.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stirring» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirring/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stirring» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stirring.html) on Mova free.