stoor

See also: Stöör

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /stɔɚ/

Etymology 1Edit

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 cognates include Albanian shtir (“to ford, wade across”). See stir.

Alternative formsEdit

• stour

VerbEdit

stoor (third-person singular simple present stoors, present participle stooring, simple past and past participle stoored)

1. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To move; stir.
2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To move actively; keep stirring.
3. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc.
4. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To stir up, as liquor.
5. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high.
6. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To sprinkle.

NounEdit

stoor (plural stoors)

1. (Britain dialectal) Stir; bustle; agitation; contention.
2. (Britain dialectal) A gush of water.
3. (Britain dialectal) Spray.
4. (Britain dialectal) A sufficient quanity of yeast for brewing.

Derived termsEdit

• stoorey
• stoory

Etymology 2Edit

See stour.

AdjectiveEdit

stoor (comparative stoorer or more stoor, superlative stoorest or most stoor)

1. Alternative form of stour

Derived termsEdit

• stoorness

AnagramsEdit

• Sorto, Toors, ostro, roost, roots, toros, torso

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /stoːr/

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VerbEdit

stoor

1. first-person singular present indicative of storen
2. imperative of storen

AnagramsEdit

• soort

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Middle EnglishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

stoor

1. Alternative spelling of stour (large)