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understir

understir verb: to stir too little.

Verb

understir (third-person singular simple present understirs, present participle understirring, simple past and past participle understirred)

  1. (transitive) To stir too little.

Forms of understir

third-person singular presentunderstirs
present participleunderstirring
past participleunderstirred
pastunderstirred

Origin of understir

From under- + stir.

Questions about understir

What does understir mean?
Understir means to stir too little.
What part of speech is understir?
Understir is a verb.
What is the past tense of understir?
The past tense of understir is understirred.

Words near understir in the dictionary

  1. understimulate
  2. understimulated
  3. understimulates
  4. understimulating
  5. understimulation
  6. understir
  7. understirred
  8. understirring
  9. understirs
  10. understitch
  11. understitched

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