(~s, ~ring, ~red)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ a liquid or other substance, you move it around or mix it in a container using something such as a spoon.
Stir the soup for a few seconds...
There was Mrs Bellingham, ~ring sugar into her tea...
You don’t add the peanut butter until after you’ve ~red in the honey.
VERB: V n, V n into n, V n with in
2.
If you ~, you move slightly, for example because you are uncomfortable or beginning to wake up. (WRITTEN)
Eileen shook him, and he started to ~...
The two women lay on their backs, not ~ring.
= move
VERB: V, V
3.
If you do not ~ from a place, you do not move from it. (WRITTEN)
She had not ~red from the house that evening...
= move
VERB: usu with brd-neg, V from n
4.
If something ~s or if the wind ~s it, it moves gently in the wind. (WRITTEN)
Palm trees ~ in the soft Pacific breeze...
Not a breath of fresh air ~red the long white curtains.
= move
VERB: V, V n
5.
If a particular memory, feeling, or mood ~s or is ~red in you, you begin to think about it or feel it. (WRITTEN)
Then a memory ~s in you and you start feeling anxious...
Amy remembered the anger he had ~red in her...
Deep inside the awareness was ~ring that something was about to happen.
VERB: V in n, V n in n, V
6.
If an event causes a ~, it causes great excitement, shock, or anger among people.
His film has caused a ~ in America.
= commotion
N-SING
7.
see also ~ring