Stirred

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. 1 throwing oneself from side to side.
  
     Syn: tossing
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     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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stirred
       See {stir}