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"
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
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.