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stoor

/stɔɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
stoor
IPA
/stɔɚ/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To move; stir.

British usage; Intransitive verb

verb

To move actively; keep stirring.

British usage; Intransitive verb

verb

To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc.

British usage; Intransitive verb

verb

To stir up, as liquor.

British usage; Transitive verb

verb

To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high.

British usage; Transitive verb

verb

To sprinkle.

British usage; Transitive verb

noun

Stir; bustle; agitation; contention.

British usage

noun

A gush of water.

British usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

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”), dialectal German sturen (“to poke, root”). See stir.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: storen, *storian, *sturōną, *(s)twer-

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /stɔɚ/
  • British English: /stɔː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

stoors (present, singular) stooring (participle, present) stoored (participle, past) stoored (past) stour (alternative) stoors (plural) stoorer (comparative) more stoor (comparative) stoorest (superlative) most stoor (superlative)

Derived Forms

stoorey stoory stoorness

Phrases

stoor worm

Frequently Paired Words

stoor worm

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce stoor?
The recorded pronunciation is /stɔɚ/.
What does stoor mean?
To move; stir.
Where does stoor come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce stoor

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