Stirring
['stɜːrɪŋ] or ['stɝɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) agitating a liquid with an implement; 'constant stirring prevents it from burning on the bottom of the pan'.
(adj.) exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions; 'a stirring speech' .
Edited by Barbie--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stir
(a.) Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life.
Typed by Katie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Active, lively, brisk, smart, industrious, diligent.
Checked by Elaine
Examples
- 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.
- I didn't see much use in stirring that subject again. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Yes, that will be stirring enough. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The remainder of the sugar settles at the bottom of the vessel, and cannot be dissolved by any amount of stirring. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Otherwise, it is neither giving nor taking, but a shifting about of the position of things in space, like the stirring of water and sand with a stick. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Papa is stirring. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You'd better have the loan of my razor this morning, Mr. Ayresleigh,' said the man who was stirring the fire, tipping the wink to his friend the boy. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He held her in the hollow of his will, and she was soft, secret, invisible in her stirring there. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The moon is shining beautifully, and there is not a leaf stirring. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Typist: Ronald