Definition of Stir

Verb: stir (stirred,stirring)  stur

  1. Move an implement through
    "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil"
     
  2. Move very slightly
    "He stirred in his seat";
    - shift, budge, agitate
     
  3. Arouse feelings in
    "stir emotions";
    - stimulate, excite
     
  4. Excite the feelings or emotions of; disturb the peace of
    "These stories stirred the community";
    - stimulate, shake, shake up, excite
     
  5. Affect emotionally
    "A stirring movie";
    - touch
     
  6. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
    "stir the spectre of unemployment";
    - raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
     
  7. To begin moving
    "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir";
    - arouse
     
  8. Mix or add by stirring
    "Stir nuts into the dough"
Noun: stir  stur
  1. A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
    "he made a great stir and then disappeared";
    - splash
     
  2. Emotional agitation and excitement
     
  3. A rapid active commotion
    - bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss

See also:
stipules
stirabout

Anagrams containing the word stir

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