Past tense of stir
regular verb
The past tense of stir is stirred. The past participle is also stirred.
Forms of stir
| Base form (V1) | stir /stɜː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | stirred /stɜːd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | stirred /stɜːd/ |
| Present participle | stirring /ˈstɝɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | stirs |
Stirred in a sentence
- She stirred the pudding with a spoon.
- He stirred his coffee so the sugar wouldn't stay at the bottom.
- The child’s pathetic pleas for forgiveness stirred the young man’s heart.From the entry pathetic
- He stirred the campfire stew with a peeled stick, so the bark wouldn't get in it.From the entry peeled
- She stirred up a mixture of oats, barley, cheese, and Pramnian wine.From the entry Pramnian
Meaning of stir
- verb To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
- verb To disturb the content of (a container) by passing an object through it.
- verb To emotionally affect; to touch, to move.
Questions about the past tense of stir
- What is the past tense of stir?
- The past tense of stir is stirred.
- What is the past participle of stir?
- The past participle of stir is stirred.
- Is stir a regular or irregular verb?
- Stir is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stir (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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