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stir
(st/[@]/r )

noun (n)

  • a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event(noun.state)
    Synonym:
    splash
    source: wordnet30
  • emotional agitation and excitement(noun.feeling)
    source: wordnet30
  • a rapid active commotion(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, hustle
    source: wordnet30
  • The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • move an implement through(verb.motion)
    Example:
    Stir the soup.
    Stir my drink.
    Stir the soil.
    source: wordnet30
  • move very slightly(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    agitate, budge, shift
    source: wordnet30
  • stir feelings in(verb.perception)
    Example:
    Stir emotions.
    Synonym:
    excite, stimulate
    source: wordnet30
  • stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of(verb.emotion)
    Synonym:
    excite, shake, shake up, stimulate
    source: wordnet30
  • affect emotionally(verb.emotion)
    Example:
    A stirring movie.
    Synonym:
    touch
    source: wordnet30
  • summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic(verb.creation)
    Synonym:
    arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise
    source: wordnet30
  • to begin moving,(verb.motion)
    Example:
    As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir.
    Synonym:
    arouse
    source: wordnet30
  • mix or add by stirring(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Stir nuts into the dough.
    source: wordnet30
  • To change the place of in any manner; to move.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To move; to change one's position.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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