What does stirring mean?

Definitions for stirring
ˈstɜr ɪŋstir·ring

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word stirring.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. stirringnoun

    agitating a liquid with an implement

    "constant stirring prevents it from burning on the bottom of the pan"

  2. inspiration, stirringadjective

    arousing to a particular emotion or action

  3. rousing, stirringadjective

    capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement

    "a rousing sermon"; "stirring events such as wars and rescues"

  4. stirring, soul-stirringadjective

    exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions

    "a stirring speech"

Wiktionary

  1. stirringnoun

    An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred

  2. stirringadjective

    invigorating or inspiring

ChatGPT

  1. stirring

    Stirring refers to the act of mixing or agitating a substance in circular motion to combine its components evenly. It can also refer to evoking strong feelings or emotions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stirring

    of Stir

  2. Stirringadjective

    putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stirring in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stirring in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of stirring in a Sentence

  1. Joan Wester Anderson:

    We can all be angels to one another. We can choose to obey the still small stirring within, the little whisper that says, 'Go. Ask. Reach out. Be an answer to someone's plea. You have a part to play. Have faith.' We can decide to risk that He is indeed there, watching, caring, cherishing us as we love and accept love. The world will be a better place for it. And wherever they are, the angels will dance.

  2. Sicilian Proverb:

    Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot.

  3. Charlie Hebdo:

    If Counterterrorism John Miller factored that, plus the events in Texas the other day where violence stirring around the same issue happened, and there are calls on social media for more violence around that issue against the same targets, this becomes a very obvious place to have a lot of protection.

  4. Lynn Su-lin:

    There's dissatisfaction, you can feel it, and people are stirring for change.

  5. William Shakespeare:

    O, now, for ever Farewell the tranquil mind farewell content Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars That make ambition virtue O, farewell Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell Othello's occupation's gone

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