"stirring" meaning in English

See stirring in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈstɝɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈstɜːɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-stirring.ogg Forms: more stirring [comparative], most stirring [superlative]
Etymology: By surface analysis, stir + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|stir|-ing}} By surface analysis, stir + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} stirring (comparative more stirring, superlative most stirring)
  1. invigorating or inspiring Translations (invigorating, inspiring): вълнуващ (vǎlnuvašt) (Bulgarian), passionnant (French), enthousiasmant (French), ergreifend (German), bewegend (German), aufwühlend (German)
    Sense id: en-stirring-en-adj-R7HTzxkr

Noun

IPA: /ˈstɝɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈstɜːɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-stirring.ogg Forms: stirrings [plural]
Etymology: By surface analysis, stir + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|stir|-ing}} By surface analysis, stir + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} stirring (countable and uncountable, plural stirrings)
  1. (gerund of stir) An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred Tags: countable, gerund, uncountable Derived forms: summer-stirring
    Sense id: en-stirring-en-noun-58IK0A~G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 79 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 20 61 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 66 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 76 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 82 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 67 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 68 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 67 12

Verb

IPA: /ˈstɝɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈstɜːɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-stirring.ogg
Etymology: By surface analysis, stir + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|stir|-ing}} By surface analysis, stir + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} stirring
  1. present participle and gerund of stir Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: stir
    Sense id: en-stirring-en-verb-oUfrcNDe

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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