Definition of Stir

Noun

• a rapid active commotion
  bustle hustle flurry ado fuss
• emotional agitation and excitement
  
• a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
  "he made a great splash and then disappeared"
  splash

Verb

• mix or add by stirring
  "Stir nuts into the dough"
  
• to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
  arouse
• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  "raise the specter of unemployment"
  "he conjured wild birds in the air"
  "call down the spirits from the mountain"
  raise conjure - conjure up invoke evoke - call down arouse - bring up - put forward - call forth
• affect emotionally
  "A stirring movie"
  "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
  touch
• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
  "These stories shook the community"
  "the civil war shook the country"
  stimulate shake - shake up excite
• stir feelings in
  "stimulate my appetite"
  "excite the audience"
  "stir emotions"
  stimulate excite
• move very slightly
  "He shifted in his seat"
  shift budge agitate
• move an implement through
  "stir the soup"
  "stir my drink"
  "stir the soil"
  

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