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Noun stir has 3 senses
- disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle - a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
--1 is a kind of disorder
--1 has particulars:
- stir - emotional agitation and excitement
--2 is a kind of agitation
--2 has particulars: electricity; sensation
- bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir - a rapid bustling commotion
--3 is a kind of commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult
Verb stir has 8 senses
- stir - move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"
--1 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
The chefs stir the vegetables
- stir, shift, budge, agitate - move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
The crowds stir in the streets
The streets stir with crowds
- stimulate, excite, stir - stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
--3 is one way to sensitize, sensitise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
--4 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to stir Sue
- touch, stir - affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
--5 is one way to affect, impress, move, strike
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to stir Sue
- raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth - 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"
--6 is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- arouse, stir - to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
--7 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- stir - mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
--8 is one way to work
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
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