English

Alternative forms

• stour

Verb

stoor ‎(third-person singular simple present stoors, present participle stooring, simple past and past participle stoored)

1. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To move; stir.
2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To move actively; keep stirring.
3. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc.
4. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To stir up, as liquor.
5. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high.
6. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To sprinkle.

Noun

stoor ‎(plural stoors)

1. (Britain dialectal) Stir; bustle; agitation; contention.
2. (Britain dialectal) A gush of water.
3. (Britain dialectal) Spray.
4. (Britain dialectal) A sufficient quanity of yeast for brewing.

Derived terms

• stoorey
• stoory

Etymology 2

See stour.

Adjective

stoor ‎(comparative stoorer or more stoor, superlative stoorest or most stoor)

1. Alternative form of stour

Derived terms

• stoorness

Anagrams

• roost, roots, torso

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

stoor

1. first-person singular present indicative of storen
2. imperative of storen

Anagrams

• soort

Middle English

Adjective

stoor

1. Alternative spelling of stour (large)