"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
(11) deeply, profoundly
Kolokacji: 2
(12) nervously, restively
Kolokacji: 2
1. stir nervously = zamieszaj nerwowo stir nervously
  • There were no ships at anchor here; all lay safely moored at the dock, stirring nervously as the waves grew.
  • The older Zyraii merely avoided looking, but some of them, for the first time since thepulstrall had begun, stirred nervously.
  • Karen stirred nervously, kicking a mound of rubble.
  • In the stalls several of the horses stirred nervously.
  • The man with the rifle stirred nervously.
  • Her fingers stirred nervously at her sides.
  • The janitor, dressed only in his briefs and a T-shirt, stirred nervously.
  • Acolytes eating close by stirred nervously as though they sensed her disquiet.
  • Perspiration trickled down his back and sides, feeling like crawling bugs, causing him to stir nervously.
  • In the later wee hours of the morning Nurse stirred nervously in the fish tank.
2. stir restively = zamieszaj niespokojnie stir restively
(13) fitfully, continually
Kolokacji: 2

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