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STIR
bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
(noun) a rapid active commotion
stir
(noun) emotional agitation and excitement
stir, splash
(noun) a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; “he made a great splash and then disappeared”
stir
(verb) mix or add by stirring; “Stir nuts into the dough”
raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
(verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; “raise the specter of unemployment”; “he conjured wild birds in the air”; “call down the spirits from the mountain”
stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
(verb) stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; “These stories shook the community”; “the civil war shook the country”
touch, stir
(verb) affect emotionally; “A stirring movie”; “I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy”
stir, shift, budge, agitate
(verb) move very slightly; “He shifted in his seat”
arouse, stir
(verb) to begin moving; “As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir”
stir
(verb) move an implement through; “stir the soup”; “stir my drink”; “stir the soil”
stimulate, excite, stir
(verb) stir feelings in; “stimulate my appetite”; “excite the audience”; “stir emotions”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
stir (third-person singular simple present stirs, present participle stirring, simple past and past participle stirred)
(transitive) To incite to action
Synonyms: arouse, instigate, prompt, excite, Thesaurus:incite
(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate.
(transitive) To agitate the content of (a container), by passing something through it.
(transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
(transitive, dated) To change the place of in any manner; to move.
(intransitive) To move; to change one’s position.
(intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
(intransitive) To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
(intransitive, poetic) To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.
Synonyms: arise, get up, rouse, Thesaurus:wake
Usage notes
• In all transitive senses except the dated one (“to change the place of in any manner”), stir is often followed by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to stir up sedition.
Noun
stir (countable and uncountable, plural stirs)
The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)
agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
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Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
Etymology 2
Noun
stir (uncountable)
(slang) Jail; prison.
Anagrams
• ISTR, RTIs, Rist, TRIS, TRIs, Tris, rits, sirt, tris, tris-
Source: Wiktionary
Stir, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stirred; p. pr. & vb. n. Stirring.] Etym: [OE. stiren, steren, sturen, AS. styrian; probably akin to D. storen to disturb, G. stören, OHG. storen to scatter, destroy. *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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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