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Meaning of stir

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stir
      n 1: a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he
           made a great splash and then disappeared" [syn: {stir},
           {splash}]
      2: emotional agitation and excitement
      3: a rapid active commotion [syn: {bustle}, {hustle}, {flurry},
         {ado}, {fuss}, {stir}]
      v 1: move an implement through; "stir the soup"; "stir my
           drink"; "stir the soil"
      2: move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: {stir},
         {shift}, {budge}, {agitate}]
      3: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the
         audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: {stimulate}, {excite},
         {stir}]
      4: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories
         shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn:
         {stimulate}, {shake}, {shake up}, {excite}, {stir}]
      5: affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by
         your kind letter of sympathy" [syn: {touch}, {stir}]
      6: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by
         magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild
         birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
         [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {invoke}, {evoke},
         {stir}, {call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {put forward},
         {call forth}]
      7: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping
         children began to stir" [syn: {arouse}, {stir}]
      8: mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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