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Definition of 'stir' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) stir
to agitate (a liquid or other substance) with a continuous or repeated movement of an implement or one's hand.

2.  stir
to set in tremulous, fluttering, or irregular motion.

3.  stir
to affect strongly; excite:
to stir pity.

4.  stir
to incite, instigate, or prompt (usu. fol. by up):
likes to stir up trouble.

5.  stir
to move briskly; bestir:
to stir oneself.

6.  stir
to move, esp. in a slight way:
not stir a finger to help.

7.  stir
to rouse from inactivity, quiet, contentment, indifference, etc. (usu. fol. by up).

8. (v.i.) stir
to move, esp. slightly or lightly.

9.  stir
to move around, esp. briskly; be active.

10.  stir
to become active, as from some rousing impulse.

11.  stir
to be emotionally moved.

12.  stir
to be in circulation, current, or afoot.

13. (n.) stir
the act of stirring or moving.

14.  stir
the sound made by stirring or moving slightly.

15.  stir
a state or occasion of general excitement; commotion.

16.  stir
a mental impulse, sensation, or feeling.

17.  stir
a jog, poke, or thrust.

18.  stir
movement, esp. brisk and busy movement.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME stiren (v.), OE styrian)

Definition of 'stir' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) stir, splash
a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
"he made a great splash and then disappeared"

2. (noun) stir
emotional agitation and excitement

3. (verb) bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
a rapid active commotion

4. (verb) stir
move an implement through
"stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil"

5. (verb) stir, shift, budge, agitate
move very slightly
"He shifted in his seat"

6. (verb) stimulate, excite, stir
stir feelings in
"stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"

7. (verb) stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
"These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

8. (verb) touch, stir
affect emotionally
"A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"

9. (verb) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
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"

10. (verb) arouse, stir
to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"

11. (verb) stir
mix or add by stirring
"Stir nuts into the dough"


Definition of 'stir' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) stir
to mix by moving around
Stir the flour into the mixture.

2.  stir
to cause to feel an emotion
a proposal that has stirred anger among the population

3.  stir
to move slightly
The girl stirred in her sleep.; The breeze was stirring the flag.

4. (noun) stir
the act of mixing by stirring
Give the sauce a quick stir.

5.  stir
a feeling of excitement or strong emotion
a nude statue that has caused quite a stir


Definition of 'stir' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) stir
the act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements

2. (noun) stir
public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar

3. (noun) stir
agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions

4. (verb) stir
to change the place of in any manner; to move

5. (verb) stir
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

6. (verb) stir
to bring into debate; to agitate; to moot

7. (verb) stir
to incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite

8. (verb) stir
to move; to change one's position

9. (verb) stir
to be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self

10. (verb) stir
to become the object of notice; to be on foot

11. (verb) stir
to rise, or be up, in the morning


Translation of 'stir' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to cause (a liquid etc) to be mixed especially by the constant circular movement of a spoon etc, in order to mix it
He put sugar and milk into his tea and stirred it; She stirred the sugar into the mixture.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: roer Arabic flag Arabic: يُحَرِّك، يَمْزِج Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: разбърквам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: mexer Czech flag Czech: umíchat German flag German: rühren
Danish flag Danish: røre Greek flag Greek: ανακατεύω Spanish flag Spanish: remover, revolver
Estonian flag Estonian: segama Farsi flag Farsi: مخلوط كردن Finnish flag Finnish: sekoittaa
French flag French: brasser Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִבחוֹש Hindi flag Hindi: हिलाना-डुलाना
Croatian flag Croatian: miješati Hungarian flag Hungarian: (meg)kever Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengaduk
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hræra Italian flag Italian: rimescolare Japanese flag Japanese: かき回す
Korean flag Korean: 젓다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (iš)maišyti Latvian flag Latvian: []maisīt; apmaisīt
Malay flag Malay: kacau Dutch flag Dutch: roeren Norwegian flag Norwegian: røre
Polish flag Polish: mieszać Portuguese flag Portuguese: mexer Romanian flag Romanian: a amesteca
Russian flag Russian: размешивать Slovak flag Slovak: miešať Slovenian flag Slovenian: mešati
Serbian flag Serbian: mešati Swedish flag Swedish: röra, vispa Thai flag Thai: คนให้เข้ากัน
Turkish flag Turkish: karıştırmak Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 攪動 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: розмішувати; збовтувати
Urdu flag Urdu: چمچ سے حل کرنا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: khuấy, quấy Chinese flag Chinese: 搅动

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