"teer" meaning in English

See teer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tɪə̯/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tɪː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tiːɹ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tɪ(ə̯)ɹ/ [General-American], /tiɹ/ [General-American], /tɪɹ/ [Canada], /tiɹ/ [Canada], /tɪə̯/ [General-Australian], /tiːɹ/ [General-Australian], /tiə̯/ [New-Zealand], /tiːɹ/ [New-Zealand], /tiɹ/ [Scotland], /ʈɪjɜ̯(ː)(ɾ)/ [India], /ʈiːɾ/ [India] Forms: teers [present, singular, third-person], teering [participle, present], teered [participle, past], teered [past]
enPR: tîr, tēr Etymology: Borrowed from French tirer (“to draw, to pull”). Compare English tire. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|fr:tirer<t:to draw, to pull>|etydate=|id=to stir|text=*}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to draw, to pull", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "tirer", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "teer", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="to stir" data-lang="en" data-title="teer" id="English:_to_stir"> Borrowed from French tirer (“to draw, to pull”)., {{cog|en|tire}} English tire Head templates: {{en-verb}} teer (third-person singular simple present teers, present participle teering, simple past and past participle teered)
  1. (transitive) To stir, as a calico-printer's sieve. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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