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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: stir

1	v	move an implement through
2	v n	stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of a rapid active commotion
3	v	summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: stir

v move an implement through

“stir the soup”

“stir my drink”

“stir the soil”

Types:: churn
stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter; paddle
stir with a paddle

Type of:: displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

v mix or add by stirring

“Stir nuts into the dough”

Type of:: work
move into or onto

v move very slightly

Synonyms:: agitate, budge, shift

Type of:: move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

v to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"

Synonyms:: arouse

Type of:: move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

v stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

Synonyms:: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate

Types:: show 20 types...; hide 20 types...; fuel
stimulate; arouse, excite, sex, turn on, wind up
stimulate sexually; affright, fright, frighten, scare
cause fear in; thrill, tickle, vibrate
feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; invite, tempt
give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; animate, enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate
heighten or intensify; titillate
excite pleasurably or erotically; bluff
frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is; awe
inspire awe in; terrify, terrorise, terrorize
fill with terror; frighten greatly; intimidate
make timid or fearful; alarm, appal, appall, dismay, horrify
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; consternate
fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion; tempt
try to seduce; beatify
make blessedly happy; puff
make proud or conceited; beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink
fill with sublime emotion; encourage
inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to; spook
frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action

Type of:: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

v stir feelings in

“stir emotions”

Synonyms:: excite, stimulate

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; fuck off, jack off, jerk off, masturbate, she-bop, wank
get sexual gratification through self-stimulation; masturbate
stimulate sexually; horripilate
cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; work
provoke or excite; blow, fellate, go down on, suck
provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation; thrill
cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input; quicken, whet
make keen or more acute; disgust, gross out, repel, revolt
fill with distaste; scarf
masturbate while strangling oneself; nauseate, sicken, turn one's stomach
upset and make nauseated

Type of:: sensitise, sensitize
cause to sense; make sensitive

v affect emotionally

“A stirring movie”

Synonyms:: touch

Types:: get
evoke an emotional response

Type of:: affect, impress, move, strike
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

n a rapid active commotion

Synonyms:: ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, hustle

Type of:: commotion, din, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, tumult
the act of making a noisy disturbance

n a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event

Synonyms:: splash

Type of:: commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do
a disorderly outburst or tumult

n emotional agitation and excitement

Types:: electricity
keen and shared excitement; sensation
a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest

Type of:: agitation
the feeling of being agitated; not calm

v summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

Synonyms:: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise

: call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke
evoke or provoke to appear or occur

Types:: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict
wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; bless
give a benediction to; anele, anoint, embrocate, inunct, oil
administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

Type of:: create, make
make or cause to be or to become

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