"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
1. gradually stir = stopniowo zamieszaj gradually stir
2. suddenly stir = nagle zamieszaj suddenly stir
  • Clip, the horse, suddenly stirred and looked round at the door.
  • Adam stirred suddenly beside Ruth; she saw him lift his white face.
  • Pity was suddenly stirring in her heart for the child.
  • Siona suddenly stirred and tapped their pilot on the shoulder.
  • Now it was as if he had always known the fierce and bitter desire which suddenly stirred in him.
  • She stirred suddenly and one of her knitting needles broke.
  • The Melicard in her mind suddenly stirred, as if waking.
  • Tommy heard Smithers stir suddenly, almost as if he had jumped.
  • Ahead of us the branches swished and stirred suddenly, as if something large was brushing through.
  • The French king suddenly stirred, laughed and clapped his hands.
(10) feebly, weakly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) deeply, profoundly
Kolokacji: 2
(12) nervously, restively
Kolokacji: 2
(13) fitfully, continually
Kolokacji: 2

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