[
UK
/stˈɜː/
]
[ US /ˈstɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈstɝ/ ]
VERB
-
affect emotionally
A stirring movie
I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy -
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
the civil war shook the country
These stories shook the community -
move very slightly
He shifted in his seat -
move an implement through
stir the soup
stir my drink
stir the soil -
stir feelings in
excite the audience
stimulate my appetite
stir emotions -
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
he conjured wild birds in the air
raise the specter of unemployment
call down the spirits from the mountain -
mix or add by stirring
Stir nuts into the dough -
to begin moving
As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir
NOUN
- emotional agitation and excitement
-
a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
he made a great splash and then disappeared - a rapid active commotion
How To Use stir In A Sentence
- Mix together with as few stirs as possible - mixing too much will make the muffins too dense and heavy. The Sun
- In a second or three, take one high stakes football match, throw in that controversial miscall, stir it up with loads of angry fans, whisk in a few politicians, let it bake overnight and what you end up with is a tasty football ferrora (ph). CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2009
- Once the rice has absorbed the liquid add the next ladle, stirring all the time. Times, Sunday Times
- Take the white of one egg, and measure just as much cold water; mix the two well, and stir stiff with confectioners 'sugar; add a little flavoring, vanilla, or almond, or pistache, and, for some candies, color with a tiny speck of fruit paste. A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl
- Stir in the sifted flour and cocoa powder. Times, Sunday Times
- My ringworm worried her more than the swarms of rumors the local gossips were stirring.
- To the cold syrup add the extracted juice and mix by stirring.
- The writings of a great amoralist - a de Sade, a Stirner, a Nietzsche - can inspire a handful of murders in two centuries.
- Foreign exchange deposit bargain is 42 stir thousand catty develop a financial product.
- Had I known my ample posterior would have caused such a stir I would gladly have done anything to be less brazen.
