Stir

/stɜː/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
2. (transitive) To disturb the content of (a container) by passing an object through it.
3. (transitive) To emotionally affect; to touch, to move.
4. (transitive) To incite to action.
5. (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To disturb, to disrupt.
7. (transitive, dated) To change the place of in any manner; to move.
8. (intransitive) To begin to move, especially gently, from a still or unmoving position.

Example Sentences

She stirred the pudding with a spoon.

He stirred his coffee so the sugar wouldn't stay at the bottom.

My minde is troubled, like a Fountaine stir'd, / And I my selfe see not the bottome of it.

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

And what delights can equal those ⁠That stir the spirit’s inner deeps, ⁠When one that loves but knows not, reaps A truth from one that loves and knows?

An Ate, stirring him to bloud and strife […]

The Soldiers love her Brother’s Memory; / And for her sake some Mutiny will stir.

Preserue the rights of thy place, but stirre not questions of Iurisdiction : and rather assume thy right in silence, and de facto, then voice it with claimes, and challenges.

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• stirs
• stirring
• stirred
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• glossary
• stir
• stirrest
• stirredst
• stirreth
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