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Stir   /stər/   Listen
Stir

verb
(past & past part. stirred; pres. part. stirring)
1.
Move an implement through.  "Stir my drink" , "Stir the soil"
2.
Move very slightly.  Synonyms: agitate, budge, shift.
3.
Stir feelings in.  Synonyms: excite, stimulate.  "Excite the audience" , "Stir emotions"
4.
Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.  Synonyms: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate.  "The civil war shook the country"
5.
Affect emotionally.  Synonym: touch.  "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
6.
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.  Synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise.  "He conjured wild birds in the air" , "Call down the spirits from the mountain"
7.
To begin moving,.  Synonym: arouse.
8.
Mix or add by stirring.
noun
1.
A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event.  Synonym: splash.
2.
Emotional agitation and excitement.
3.
A rapid active commotion.  Synonyms: ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, hustle.



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"Stir" Quotes from Famous Books



... I to bring that fork here, and to find that news before me! It is much if I can ever stir from this place at all, or reach ...
— The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays • Various
... disturbance, movement, stir, tumult, commotion, excitement, restlessness, strain, unrest, disquiet, motion, ...
— English Synonyms and Antonyms - With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions • James Champlin Fernald
... streak of morning she began to stir, and was soon wide awake and full of glee at finding herself ...
— Hatty and Marcus - or, First Steps in the Better Path • Aunt Friendly
... to some time ago, Mart; before I knew you," Wallace said, in a carefully matter-of-fact tone. But she could see that he was troubled, and a faint stir of apprehension ...
— Martie the Unconquered • Kathleen Norris
... sultana, that he had fallen a victim to sighing and grief at the treatment of the English, who would not permit him to remain at Delhi, where he was continually employed in attempts to assassinate his eldest brother, the heir apparent, and to stir up insurrections among the people. He was not in confinement at Allahabad, but merely prohibited from returning to Delhi. He had a splendid dwelling, a good income, and all the honours due ...
— Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official • William Sleeman


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