Stir
[stɜː] or [stɝ]
Definition
(noun.) emotional agitation and excitement.
(noun.) a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; 'he made a great splash and then disappeared'.
(verb.) mix or add by stirring; 'Stir nuts into the dough'.
(verb.) move very slightly; 'He shifted in his seat'.
(verb.) move an implement through; 'stir the soup'; 'stir my drink'; 'stir the soil'.
Inputed by Kurt--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To change the place of in any manner; to move.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
(v. t.) To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
(v. i.) To move; to change one's position.
(v. i.) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.
(v. i.) To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
(v. i.) To rise, or be up, in the morning.
(n.) The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
(n.) Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
(n.) Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
Typed by Larry
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Move.[2]. Agitate, disturb.[3]. Discuss, argue, moot.[4]. Instigate, incite, excite, rouse, arouse, awaken, prompt, stimulate, provoke, animate, goad, spur, stir up, set on.
v. n. [1]. Move, budge, go, change place, change one's position, move one's self.[2]. Be active, be in motion.[3]. Appear, happen, turn up, come into notice.[4]. [Colloquial.] Rise (from bed in the morning), get up.
n. [1]. Movement, activity, bustle, FUSS, hurry, flurry, fidget, ado.[2]. Agitation, excitement, confusion, tumult, commotion.
Typed by Brooke
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Agitate, incite, Instigate, prompt, awaken, stimulate, animate, arouse, budge,excite, provoke, raise, ruffle
ANT:Soothe, compose, quiet, allay, pacify, still, repress, deaden, tranquillize
Edited by Ethelred
Definition
v.t. (Spens.) to steer to direct.
v.t. to move: to rouse: to instigate.—v.i. to move one's self: to be active: to draw notice:—pr.p. stir′ring; pa.p. and pa.t. stirred.—n. tumult: bustle.—n. Stir′about one who makes himself active: oatmeal porridge.—adj. busy active.—adj. Stir′less without stir.—n. Stir′rer.—p.adj. Stir′ring putting in motion: active: accustomed to a busy life: animating rousing.—Stir up to instigate the passions of: to put into motion or action: to enliven: to disturb.
Inputed by Jules
Examples
- Meantime the whole hall was in a stir; most people rose and remained standing, for a change; some walked about, all talked and laughed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was as if from some aerial belfry, high up above the stir and jar of the earth, there was a bell continually tolling, 'All are shadows! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The power of admonition which had begun to stir in Mrs. Garth had not yet discharged itself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The times were full of stir and intellectual intereSt. The distant murmur of the Reformation was beginning to be heard. Plato. The Republic.
- Then you must get him out of England before you stir a finger to extricate yourself. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She will not stir yet, you hempseed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Take one table-spoonful of starch, dissolve it in cold water, and when the boiled starch gets lukewarm pour it over it, stir well, and strain. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The sight stirred Lily with an irresistible sense of triumph. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- New life stirred in every pulse. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The two visits had stirred her into restlessness. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- My godmother, too, sat so near, that, had I leaned forward, my breath might have stirred the ribbon of her bonnet. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- His honest eyes fire up, and sparkle, as if their depths were stirred by something bright. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I hate my room at Aunt Julia's--so I came here---- She stirred suddenly, broke from her apathy, and clung to Gerty in a fresh burst of fear. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- This slight sense of romance stirred her like an intoxicant. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mr. Collins had only to change from Jane to Elizabeth--and it was soon done--done while Mrs. Bennet was stirring the fire. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- There is a great difference between feeding parties to wild beasts and stirring up their finer feelings in an Inquisition. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Wait till broad daylight, sir, when every one is stirring. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Then add gradually about nine ounces of the orange-flower water, stirring constantly, continuing this operation until a fine, creamy emulsion is the result. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- We have described how by Cort's puddling process tremendous labour was imposed on the workmen in stirring the molten metal by hand with rabbles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Manufacturing of malt by the pneumatic process, and stirring malt during germination, are among the improvements. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They slept, or appeared to sleep, for some time; nobody stirring but Barney, who rose once or twice to throw coals on the fire. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In most of us, irked by its conventions and complexities, there stirs the nomad strain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Say to him (with my compliments), if he stirs me, he has Fosco to deal with. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- At this hour and by this light it changes into threatening hands raised up and menacing the handsome face with every breath that stirs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The lawyer sits down in his easy-chair and stirs the fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- That music stirs my soul; it wakens all my life; it makes my heart beat--not with its temperate daily pulse, but with a new, thrilling vigour. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Without her market-basket, which is a sort of wicker well with two flapping lids, she never stirs abroad. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is like 'Chevy Chase,' said Maurice quickly, and stirs the heart like the sound of a trumpet. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Editor: Olivia