Word Finder - stirs

definition

The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)

example

Can you give the soup a little stir?

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Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.

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Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.

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Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

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To incite to action

synonyms

• arouse
• excite
• instigate
• prompt

definition

To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate.

example

She stirred the pudding with a spoon.

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To agitate the content of (a container), by passing something through it.

example

Would you please stand here and stir this pot so that the chocolate doesn't burn?

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To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.

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To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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To move; to change one’s position.

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To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.

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To become the object of notice; to be on foot.

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To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.

synonyms

• arise
• get up
• rouse

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Jail; prison.

example

He's going to be spending maybe ten years in stir.

This cools and stirs the lead when crystals begin to form.

The opening monolog features a Welsh radio shock jock who stirs controversy by saying the word " sod " on the air.

Another says clever things and one doesn't care to listen, but this one talks rubbish yet stirs an old fellow up.

Nothing stirs a mom's heart like a picture of her baby.

The principal tools of the Malays are the parang or golok, a heavy knife used in the jungle, without which no peasant ever stirs abroad from his house, the beliong or native axe, and the pisau Taut, which is used for scraping rattan.

Don't plant in corner where the garage and house meet and very little air stirs.

The catastrophe of " the land of the north " is near to come; then the exiles of Zion shall stream back from all quarters, the converted heathen shall join them, Yahweh Himself will dwell in the midst of them, and even now He stirs Himself from His holy habitation.

Thus, he engages in combat with Heracles on two occasions to avenge the death of his son Cycnus; once Zeus separates the combatants by a flash of lightning, but in the second encounter he is severely wounded by his adversary, who has the active support of Athena; maddened by jealousy, he changes himself into the boar which slew Adonis, the favourite of Aphrodite; and stirs up the war between the Lapithae and Centaurs.

A shapely thigh stirs and turns to reveal black lacy panties and a red T-shirt on the upper half of this female body.

We must question why the arrests have been accompanied by such drama which once again stirs up fear.

The manager uses a formal, rational method whilst the leader uses passion and stirs emotions.

Things are never dull when she stirs her stumps to create a mild uproar in that pompous little town.

Style - The style is witty and friendly and stirs an interest in the subject.

Nobody knows what stirs the virus into action, but stress, fever, colds, and sunburn encourage outbreaks.

When the women in a science fiction/fantasy film or show have special powers, it stirs the imagination more vividly than most other depictions of an attractive actress.

For many, a divorce stirs up feelings of grief and loss.

Loneliness is a very painful feeling and it stirs up other feelings like sadness, guilt and regret.

The breeze stirs up the smell of the ocean as the waves continue to lap against the shore.

Godzilla was awoken when the hydrogen bomb was tested and Gamera stirs after an atomic bomb is detonated.

In this uplifting, yet tragic story about aspiring artists, the music stirs your soul and you will leave the theater singing.

In 1580 he was removed to Wisbeach Castle, and there exercised such an influence of charity and peace among his fellow-prisoners that was remembered when, in after years, the notorious Wisbeach Stirs broke out under the Jesuit Weston.

When the otter "vents" or comes to the surface to breathe, his muzzle only appears above water, and when he is viewed or traced by the mud he stirs up, or by air bubbles, the hounds are laid on.

He steers it towards a shelf of rock, called in Russ's time Tell's Platte, springs on shore, shoots the bailiff dead with his crossbow, and goes back to Uri, where he stirs up the great strife which ended in the battle of Morgarten.

Whilst feeding, the bird wades about, stirs up the mud with its feet, and, reversing the ordinary position of its head so as to hold the crown downwards and to look backwards, sifts the mud through its bill.

Food becomes more plentiful, the increase in temperature stirs up the spirits.

He stirs me up.

The Christmas holiday stirs feelings of joy, hope, peace and love in people around the world.

But it is impossible not to admire the copious variety of thought and language, and the evenly flowing style which carried him safely through the dreariest periods of his history; and still more remarkable is the dramatic power he displays when some great crisis or thrilling episode stirs his blood, such as the sack of Rome by the Gauls, the battle by the Metaurus and the death of Hasdrubal.

In the dispute between the Jesuits and the secular clergy known as the " Wisbech Stirs " (1595-1596) he zealously supported Weston in his resistance to any compromise with the civil government.

According to Sir Everard Digby, however, Garnet, when asked the meaning of the brief, replied that they were not (meaning the priests) to undertake or procure stirs, but yet they would not hinder any, neither was it the pope's mind they should, that should be undertaken for Catholic good..