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Stir Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Stir? [n] a rapid bustling commotion [n] emotional agitation and excitement [n] a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [v] stir the feelings or emotions of; "These stories shook the community" [v] mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough" [v] evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [v] affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" [v] move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [v] to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir" [v] move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink" [v] stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Stir: ado \| agitate \| arouse \| arouse \| bring up \| budge \| bustle \| call down \| call forth \| commotion \| conjure \| conjure up \| disruption \| disturbance \| evoke \| excite \| excite \| flurry \| flutter \| fuss \| hoo-ha \| hoo-hah \| hurly burly \| hustle \| invoke \| kerfuffle \| put forward \| raise \| shake \| shake up \| shift \| stimulate \| stimulate \| to-do \| touch \| turmoil Related Terms \| Find terms related to Stir: See Also \| affect \| affright \| agitate \| agitation \| animate \| arouse \| blow \| churn \| commotion \| create \| din \| disgust \| disorder \| displace \| elate \| electricity \| elicit \| enkindle \| enliven \| evoke \| exalt \| fellate \| fire \| fire up \| foment \| fright \| frighten \| fuck off \| fuel \| garboil \| get \| go down on \| heat \| horripilate \| ignite \| impress \| incident \| inflame \| inspire \| intoxicate \| invigorate \| invite \| jack off \| jerk off \| kindle \| lift up \| make \| masturbate \| move \| move \| paddle \| pick up \| provoke \| quicken \| raise \| repel \| revolt \| ruckus \| ruction \| rumpus \| scare \| sensation \| sensitise \| sensitize \| sex \| she-bop \| stir up \| storm \| storm center \| storm centre \| strike \| tempest \| tempt \| thrill \| thrill \| tickle \| titillate \| tumult \| tumult \| tumultuousness \| turn on \| uplift \| uproar \| vibrate \| wake \| wank \| whet \| wind up \| work \| work Stir In Webster's Dictionary \Stir\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stirred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stirring}.] [OE. stiren, steren, sturen, AS. styrian; probably akin to D. storen to disturb, G. st["o]ren, OHG. st[=o]ren to scatter, destroy. [root]166.] 1. To change the place of in any manner; to move. My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir. --Sir W. Temple. 2. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon. My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred. --Shak. 3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot. Stir not questions of jurisdiction. --Bacon. 4. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. ``To stir men to devotion.'' --Chaucer. An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. --Shak. And for her sake some mutiny will stir. --Dryden. Note: In all senses except the first, stir is often followed by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to stir up sedition. Syn: To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke. \Stir\, v. i. 1. To move; to change one's position. I had not power to stir or strive, But felt that I was still alive. --Byron. 2. To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self. All are not fit with them to stir and toil. --Byron. The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring anxiously in his behalf. --Merivale. 3. To become the object of notice; to be on foot. They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon everything that stirs or appears. --I. Watts. 4. To rise, or be up, in the morning. [Colloq.] --Shak. \Stir\, n. 1. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir? --Denham. Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of. --Locke. 2. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar. Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

Stir Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stir?

[n] a rapid bustling commotion
[n] emotional agitation and excitement
[n] a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
[v] stir the feelings or emotions of; "These stories shook the community"
[v] mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
[v] evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
[v] affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
[v] move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
[v] to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
[v] move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"
[v] stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"

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Stir In Webster's Dictionary

\Stir\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stirred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stirring}.] [OE. stiren, steren, sturen, AS. styrian;
probably akin to D. storen to disturb, G. st["o]ren, OHG.
st[=o]ren to scatter, destroy. [root]166.]
1. To change the place of in any manner; to move.

         My foot I had never yet in five days been able to
         stir.                                 --Sir W.
                                               Temple.

2. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as
   of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate;
   as, to stir a pudding with a spoon.

         My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred.
                                               --Shak.

3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.

         Stir not questions of jurisdiction.   --Bacon.

4. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt;
   to excite. ``To stir men to devotion.'' --Chaucer.

         An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. --Shak.

         And for her sake some mutiny will stir. --Dryden.

Note: In all senses except the first, stir is often followed
      by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to
      stir up sedition.

Syn: To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate;
     excite; provoke.


\Stir\, v. i.
1. To move; to change one's position.

         I had not power to stir or strive, But felt that I
         was still alive.                      --Byron.

2. To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or
   busy one's self.

         All are not fit with them to stir and toil. --Byron.

         The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from
         resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring
         anxiously in his behalf.              --Merivale.

3. To become the object of notice; to be on foot.

         They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon
         everything that stirs or appears.     --I. Watts.

4. To rise, or be up, in the morning. [Colloq.] --Shak.


\Stir\, n.
1. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle;
   noise or various movements.

         Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir?
                                               --Denham.

         Consider, after so much stir about genus and
         species, how few words we have yet settled
         definitions of.                       --Locke.

2. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder;
   seditious uproar.

         Being advertised of some stirs raised by his
         unnatural sons in England.            --Sir J.
                                               Davies.

3. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

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