stir

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noun

1 action of stirring

ADJECTIVE

▪ good (esp. BrE)

VERB + STIR

▪ give sth

▪ Give the mixture a good stir.

2 general excitement or shock

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, considerable, great, real

▪ media, political (both esp. AmE)

VERB + STIR

▪ cause, create

PREPOSITION

▪ stir about, stir over

▪ There was quite a stir about the book.

▪ stir among

▪ The discovery caused something of a stir among physicists.

PHRASES

▪ quite a stir, something of a stir (esp. BrE)
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verb

1 mix a liquid

ADVERB

▪ thoroughly, well

▪ carefully, gently

▪ vigorously

▪ gradually

▪ all the time (BrE), constantly, continuously, frequently

▪ Boil the mixture, stirring frequently.

▪ Bring to the boil, stirring all the time.

▪ occasionally

▪ together

▪ in

▪ Gradually stir in the beaten egg.

PREPOSITION

▪ into

▪ Chop an onion and stir it into the sauce.

PHRASES

▪ stir over a high, low, etc. heat

▪ Stir over a medium heat for three minutes.

2 move

ADVERB

▪ barely, hardly

▪ The wind hardly stirred the surface of the water.

▪ slightly

▪ slowly

▪ suddenly

▪ restlessly

▪ The students stirred restlessly in their seats.

▪ sleepily

▪ uneasily

PHRASES

▪ stir in your sleep

3 make sb feel an emotion

ADVERB

▪ deeply

▪ It was not music to set hearts on fire or deeply stir the emotions.

▪ up

▪ Going back there stirred up a lot of memories for her.

Stir is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑breeze, ↑memory

Stir is used with these nouns as the object: ↑batter, ↑coffee, ↑conscience, ↑controversy, ↑cup, ↑debate, ↑emotion, ↑fire, ↑flour, ↑imagination, ↑ingredient, ↑memory, ↑mixture, ↑passion, ↑pasta, ↑pot, ↑resentment, ↑sauce, ↑tea

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Synonyms:

Move, Move, budge, go, change place, change one's position, move one's self, Agitation, tumult, bustle, excitement, confusion, hurry, movement, activity, flurry, ado, fidget, fuss / Agitate, disturb, Be active, be in motion, Disorder, tumult, uproar, commotion, public disturbance, seditious commotion / Discuss, argue, moot, start, raise, agitate, bring into debate, Appear, happen, turn up, come into notice, Agitation of mind, conflict of passions / Instigate, incite, excite, rouse, arouse, awaken, prompt, stimulate, provoke, animate, goad, spur, stir up, set on, Rise (from bed in the morning), get up

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