"stir" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

stir verbo

stir + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 53
stir controversy • stir tensions • stir debate • stir memories • stir interest • stir up trouble • stir emotions • ...
verbo + stir
Kolokacji: 5
begin to stir • keep stirring • begin stirring • continue stirring • start stirring
stir + preposición
Kolokacji: 38
stir up • stir until • stir in • stir into • stir within • ...
stir + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 45
stir occasionally • stir constantly • stir well • stir frequently • stir uneasily • stir restlessly • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(1) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
(4) uneasily, restlessly
Kolokacji: 2
(5) gently, slightly, lightly
Kolokacji: 3
(7) barely, hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 3
(8) vigorously, briskly
Kolokacji: 2
(9) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) feebly, weakly
Kolokacji: 2
1. stir feebly = zamieszaj słabo stir feebly
  • On the floor of the amphitheater, far below where she had stood, a white heap stirred feebly for an instant and was still.
  • She stirred feebly in the collapsing remnants of her chrysalis.
  • Limbs stirred feebly; heads raised, and the two men began to move.
  • The child in her arms stirred feebly, one arm flexing slightly.
  • He stirred feebly and rolled on his side, knees drawn up.
  • Only the sudden draught made the grey mass appear to stir feebly, as though trying to raise itself.
  • The dying man stirred feebly, and looked up without comprehension.
  • After a bit, he stirred feebly, enough to pull his tongue back into his mouth.
  • Then his hand fell, stirred feebly in the slime covering the deck.
  • To the left a clump of trees made a shady spot, where dark things seemed to stir feebly.
2. stir weakly = zamieszaj z trudem stir weakly
(11) deeply, profoundly
Kolokacji: 2
(12) nervously, restively
Kolokacji: 2
(13) fitfully, continually
Kolokacji: 2

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