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 Definitions for Stirred: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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agitated \agitated\ adj.
1. troubled emotionally and usually deeply. Opposite of
unagitated. agitated parents
Note: Narrower terms are: {demoniac, demoniacal ; distraught,
overwrought; {disturbed, jolted, shaken}; {feverish,
hectic}; {frantic, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied};
{psychedelic ; {rampageous, raging, frenzied ;
{wild-eyed . Also See: discomposed, excited, impatient,
tense, unquiet, unsteady.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. 1 throwing oneself from side to side.
Syn: tossing
[WordNet 1.5]
3. physically disturbed or set in motion; as, the agitated
mixture foamed and bubbled. Opposite of unagitated and
left alone, allowed to stand.
Note: [Narrower terms are: {churning, churned-up, roiling,
roiled, roily, turbulent ; stirred.]
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Stir \Stir\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stirred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stirring.] [OE. stiren, steren, sturen, AS. styrian;
probably akin to D. storen to disturb, G. st["o]ren, OHG.
st[=o]ren to scatter, destroy. [root]166.]
1. To change the place of in any manner; to move.
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My foot I had never yet in five days been able to
stir. --Sir W.
Temple.
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2. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as
of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate;
as, to stir a pudding with a spoon.
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My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred.
--Shak.
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3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
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Stir not questions of jurisdiction. --Bacon.
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4. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt;
to excite. "To stir men to devotion." --Chaucer.
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An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. --Shak.
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And for her sake some mutiny will stir. --Dryden.
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Note: In all senses except the first, stir is often followed
by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to
stir up sedition.
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Syn: To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate;
excite; provoke.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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stir
n 1: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the
furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance,
disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, {to-do},
{hoo-ha}, {hoo-hah}, kerfuffle]
2: emotional agitation and excitement
3: a rapid bustling commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry,
ado, fuss]
v 1: move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the
soup"; "stir my drink"
2: move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: shift,
budge, agitate]
3: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the
audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: stimulate, excite]
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]
5: affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by
your kind letter of sympathy" [syn: touch]
6: 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" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke,
evoke, 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]
8: mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
[also: stirring, stirred]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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stirred
adj 1: emotionally affected; "very touched by the stranger's
kindness" [syn: {affected(p)}, {stirred(p)}, {touched(p)}]
2: emotionally aroused [syn: stimulated, stirred up, aroused]
3: set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend
WordNet (r) 2.0
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stirred
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