stoor
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stɔː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /stɔɚ/
Etymology 1
From Middle English storen, *sturien, from Old English *storian, variant of styrian (“to stir, move”), from Proto-Germanic *sturōną (“to turn, disturb”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, twirl, swirl, move”). Cognate with Dutch storen (“to disturb”), Middle Low German stören (“to stir”), German stören (“to disturb”), German dialectal sturen (“to poke, root”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian shtir (“to ford, wade across”). See stir.
Alternative forms
Verb
stoor (third-person singular simple present stoors, present participle stooring, simple past and past participle stoored)
- (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To move; stir.
- (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To move actively; keep stirring.
- (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To stir up, as liquor.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To sprinkle.
Noun
stoor (plural stoors)
Derived terms
- stoorey
- stoory
Etymology 2
See stour.
Adjective
stoor (comparative stoorer or more stoor, superlative stoorest or most stoor)
- Alternative form of stour
Derived terms
- stoorness
Afrikaans
Verb
stoor (present stoor, present participle stoorende, past participle gestoor)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stoːr/
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