To stir is to mix something up. You can literally stir cake batter with a spoon, or figuratively stir someone's emotions by writing them a heartfelt letter.
To change the place of in any manner; to move.
Noun
a rapid bustling commotion
Noun
emotional agitation and excitement
Noun
a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
Verb
mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
Verb
evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
Verb
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
Verb
affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
Verb
move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
Verb
to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
Verb
move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"
Verb
stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
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.
Stir
My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir.2.
My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred.3.
Stir not questions of jurisdiction.4.
An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife.
And for her sake some mutiny will stir.
Stir
I had not power to stir or strive, But felt that I was still alive.2.
All are not fit with them to stir and toil.
The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring anxiously in his behalf.3.
They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon everything that stirs or appears.4.
Stir
Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir?
Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of.2.
Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England.3.
To change the place of in any manner; to move.
To move; to change one's position.
The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
Usage Examples
Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them.
Big dreams create the magic that stir men's souls to greatness.
The usual comment from psychologists and psychiatrists was that it's best not to encourage people to look at their dreams because they are liable to stir up problems for themselves.
I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night. I want to stir the pulse, yes, but also to stir the heart. I hope 'The Woods' does that.
I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do what they were most afraid of doing, to widen their horizons of action.
There are powerful emotions that bring two people together in wonderful harmony in a marriage. Satan knows this, and would tempt you to try these emotions outside of marriage. Do not stir emotions meant to be used only in marriage.
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Other Usage ExamplesMake no little plans they have no magic to stir men's blood.
There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique in itself.
All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star.
Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.
Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.
If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, Or, trust me, you haven't a chance.
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