/stɔː/, /stʊə/, /stɔɚ/
OriginFrom 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”), dialectal German sturen (“to poke, root”). See stir.
- UK, dialectal, intransitiveTo move; stir.
- UK, dialectal, intransitiveTo move actively; keep stirring.
- UK, dialectal, intransitiveTo rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc.
- UK, dialectal, transitiveTo stir up, as liquor.
- UK, dialectal, transitiveTo pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high.
- UK, dialectal, transitiveTo sprinkle.
- UK, dialectalStir; bustle; agitation; contention.
- UK, dialectalA gush of water.
- UK, dialectalSpray.
- UK, dialectalA sufficient quantity of yeast for brewing.
Formsstoors(present, singular, third-person) · stooring(participle, present) · stoored(participle, past) · stoored(past) · stour(alternative) · stoors(plural)