stir

stir: stir¹ W3S3 [stə: US stə:r] v past tense and past participle stirred present participle stirring

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1¦(mix)¦

2¦(move slightly)¦

3¦(leave a place)¦

4¦(feelings)¦

5¦(do something)¦

6¦(cause trouble)¦

Phrasal verbs

　stir somebody/something<=>up

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[: Old English; Origin: styrian]

1.) ¦(MIX)¦ [T]

to move a liquid or substance around with a spoon or stick in order to mix it together

▪ Stir the paint to make sure it is smooth.

stir sth with sth

▪ She stirred her coffee with a plastic spoon.

stir sth in/into sth

▪ Stir a cup of cooked brown rice into the mixture.

2.) ¦(MOVE SLIGHTLY)¦ [I and T]

to move slightly or to make something move slightly

▪ The crowd began to stir as they waited for the band to start.

▪ A gentle breeze stirred the curtains.

3.) ¦(LEAVE A PLACE)¦

to leave or move from a place

▪ He hadn't stirred from his chair all morning.

4.) ¦(FEELINGS)¦

a) [T]

to make someone have a strong feeling or reaction

stir memories/emotions etc

▪ Looking at the photographs stirred childhood memories of the long hot summers.

▪ The poem succeeds in stirring the imagination .

b) [I]

if a feeling stirs in you, you begin to feel it

▪ Excitement stirred inside her.

5.) ¦(DO SOMETHING)¦ [T]

to make someone start doing something

stir sb to do sth

▪ The incident stirred students to protest.

6.) ¦(CAUSE TROUBLE)¦

be stirring (it)

[i]BrE informal to cause trouble between people by spreading false or secret information

▪ Ben's always stirring!

stir up [stir sb/sth<=>up] phr v

1.) to deliberately try to cause arguments or bad feelings between people

▪ John was always stirring up trouble in class.

▪ Dave's just trying to stir things up because he's jealous.

2.) to make small pieces of something move around in the air or in water

▪ The wind had stirred up a powdery red dust.

stir ²

stir² n

[Sense: 1-2; Date: 1300-1400; Origin: STIR¹]

[Sense: 3; Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Perhaps from Romany stariben, sturraben 'prison']

1.) [C usually singular]

a feeling of excitement or annoyance

create/cause a stir

▪ Plans for the motorway caused quite a stir among locals.

2.) [C usually singular]

an act of stirring something

▪ Give that pan a stir , will you?

3.) [U and C] AmE old-fashioned informal a prison

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Synonyms:

Move, Move, budge, go, change place, change one's position, move one's self, Agitation, tumult, bustle, excitement, confusion, hurry, movement, activity, flurry, ado, fidget, fuss / Agitate, disturb, Be active, be in motion, Disorder, tumult, uproar, commotion, public disturbance, seditious commotion / Discuss, argue, moot, start, raise, agitate, bring into debate, Appear, happen, turn up, come into notice, Agitation of mind, conflict of passions / Instigate, incite, excite, rouse, arouse, awaken, prompt, stimulate, provoke, animate, goad, spur, stir up, set on, Rise (from bed in the morning), get up

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