EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 2Edit
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”), German dialectal sturen (“to poke, root”). Non-Germanic cognate include Albanian shtir (“to ford, wade across”). See stir.
Alternative formsEdit
VerbEdit
stoor (third-person singular simple present stoors, present participle stooring, simple past and past participle stoored)
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To move; stir.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To move actively; keep stirring.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To stir up, as liquor.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To sprinkle.
NounEdit
stoor (plural stoors)
- (UK dialectal) Stir; bustle; agitation; contention.
- (UK dialectal) A gush of water.
- (UK dialectal) Spray.
- (UK dialectal) A sufficient quanity of yeast for brewing.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See stour.
AdjectiveEdit
stoor (comparative stoorer or more stoor, superlative stoorest or most stoor)
- alternative form of stour