| VERB | motion | stir | move an implement through |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | stir, shift, budge, agitate | move very slightly | |
| perception | stir, stimulate, excite | stir feelings in | |
| emotion | stir, stimulate, shake, shake up, excite | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of | |
| emotion | stir, touch | affect emotionally | |
| creation | stir, raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth | summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | |
| motion | stir, arouse | to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir" | |
| contact | stir | mix or add by stirring | |
| NOUN | state | stir, splash | a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event |
| feeling | stir | emotional agitation and excitement | |
| act | stir, bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss | a rapid active commotion |
| Sounds | ster' | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | splash | |
| Broader | disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle | A disorderly outburst or tumult |
| Spanish | agitación, revuelo | |
| Meaning | emotional agitation and excitement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | electricity | keen and shared excitement |
| sensation | A general feeling of excitement and heightened interest | |
| Broader | agitation | The feeling of being agitated |
| Spanish | agitación, conmoción, revuelo | |
| Verbs | stir | affect emotionally |
| stir | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of | |
| stir | stir feelings in | |
| Meaning | A rapid active commotion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss | |
| Broader | commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult | The act of making a noisy disturbance |
| Spanish | agitación, ajetreo, alboroto, bulla, bullicio, jaleo, movimiento, revuelo, ruido, tejemaneje, torbellino, tráfago, trajín | |
| Catalan | agitació, bullícia, bullit, desori, enrenou, moviment, tràfec | |
| Meaning | Move an implement through. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The chefs stir the vegetables | |
| Examples |
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| Narrower | churn | Stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter |
| paddle | Stir with a paddle | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | remover, revolver | |
| Catalan | remenar | |
| Nouns | stirrer | an implement used for stirring |
| Meaning | Move very slightly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Model | The crowds stir in the streets; The streets stir with crowds | |
| Synonyms | shift, budge, agitate | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | agitarse, agitar, moverse | |
| Catalan | girar, moure's | |
| Meaning | Stir feelings in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "stir emotions" | |
| Synonyms | stimulate, excite | |
| Narrower | disgust, gross out, revolt, repel | Fill with distaste |
| fellate, suck, blow, go down on | Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation | |
| horripilate | Cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps | |
| masturbate, wank, fuck off, she-bop, jack off, jerk off | Get sexual gratification through self-stimulation | |
| masturbate | stimulate sexually | |
| thrill | Cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input | |
| whet, quicken | make keen or more acute | |
| work | Provoke or excite | |
| Broader | sensitize, sensitise | Cause to sense |
| Spanish | causar, emocionar, estimular, excitar, incentivar, revolver | |
| Catalan | emocionar, estimular, excitar, incentivar | |
| Nouns | stir | emotional agitation and excitement |
| Meaning | affect emotionally. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to stir Sue | |
| Example | "A stirring movie" | |
| Synonym | touch | |
| Narrower | get | Evoke an emotional response |
| Broader | affect, impress, move, strike | Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon |
| See also | stir up | arouse or excite feelings and passions |
| Spanish | despertar, palpar, provocar, tocar | |
| Catalan | palpar, tocar | |
| Nouns | stir | emotional agitation and excitement |
| stirring | arousing to a particular emotion or action | |
| Meaning | Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth | |
| Narrower | bless | Give a benediction to |
| curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict | wish harm upon | |
| Broader | call up, summon | Cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively |
| Similar to | provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur |
| Spanish | agitar, conjurar, despertar, evocar, exponer, invitar, invocar, llamar, recaudar, remover, revolver, traer | |
| Catalan | invocar | |
| Meaning | To begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir". | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | arouse | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Meaning | mix or add by stirring. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "Stir nuts into the dough" | |
| Broader | work | Move into or onto |
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