English

Pronunciation

• RP, IPA: /stɜː/
• Gen Am, IPA: /stɜːr/
• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-stir.ogg
• Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɜː(r)|-ɜː(r)

Etymology 1

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Verb

{{en-verb|stir|r|ing}}

1. To change the place of in any manner; to move.
2. : My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir. —Sir W. Temple
3. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate
4. : She stired a pudding with a spoon.
5. : My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred. —Shak
6. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
7. : Stir not questions of jurisdiction. —Bacon
8. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
9. : To stir men to devotion. —Chaucer
10. : An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. —Shak.
11. : And for her sake some mutiny will stir. —Dryden.
12. To move; to change one’s position.
13. : I had not power to stir or strive, But felt that I was still alive. —Byron.
14. To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.
15. : All are not fit with them to stir and toil. —Byron.
16. : The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring anxiously in his behalf. —Merivale.
17. To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
18. : They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon everything that stirs or appears. —I. Watts.
19. To rise, or be up, in the morning. [Colloq.] —Shak.

Usage notes

• In all transitive senses except the first, stir is often followed by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to stir up sedition.

Synonyms

• incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke.

Derived terms

• stirrer
• stir-fry
• stir up

Translations

• Finnish:
• German:
• Japanese: {{t-|ja|動かす|tr=ugokasu|sc=Jpan}}

• Russian: двигать (dvígat') , двинуть (dvínut') ; шевелить (šev'elít') , шевельнуть (šev'el'nút')

• Chinese: 攪, 搅 (jiǎo)
• Finnish:
• German:

• Japanese: {{t|ja|掻き混ぜる|tr=kaki-mazeru|sc=Jpan}}
• Russian: размешивать (razm'éšivat’) , размешать (razm'ešát’)

• German: hervorrufen
• Japanese: {{t-|ja|扇動する|tr=sendō suru|sc=Jpan}}

• Russian: вызывать (vyzyvát') , вызвать (výzvat') ; возбуждать (vozbuždát') , возбудить (vozbudít')

• Finnish: ,
• German:

• Japanese: {{t|ja|かき立てる|tr=kakitateru|sc=Jpan}}
• Russian: вызывать (vyzyvát') , вызвать (výzvat')

• :
• : roeren
• : agiter, remuer
• : keverni
• : agitar
• : mescolare

• : 휘젓다 (hwijeotta)
• : mexer
• : revolver
• : röra

• Finnish:
• German: (sich) bewegen
• Japanese: {{t+|ja|動く|tr=ugoku|sc=Jpan}}

• Russian: двигаться (dvígat's'a) , двинуться (dvínut's'a) ; шевелиться (šev'elít's'a) , шевельнуться (šev'el'nút's'a)

• German: (sich) regen
• Japanese: {{t|ja|動き回る|tr=ugoki-mawaru|sc=Jpan}}

• Russian: двигаться (dvígat's'a) , двинуться (dvínut's'a) ; шевелиться (šev'elít's'a) , шевельнуться (šev'el'nút's'a)

• German: auffallen

Noun

1. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
2. : Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir? —Denham.
3. : Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of. —Locke.
4. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
5. : Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England. —Sir J.Davies.
6. agitation|Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

Translations

• German: Erregung
• Japanese: {{t|ja|撹拌|tr=kakuhan|sc=Jpan}}

• Russian: неразбериха (n'erazb'eríχa) , суматоха (sumatóχa) , суета (sujetá) , переполох (p'er'epolóχ)

• German:
• Japanese: {{t|ja|騒動|tr=sōdō|sc=Jpan}}

• Russian: волнения (voln'énija)

• German: Erregung
• Japanese: {{t|ja|騒動|tr=sōdō|sc=Jpan}}

• Russian: смятение (sm'at'énije)

Etymology 2

Noun

1. jail|Jail; prison.
2. : He's going to spendin' maybe ten years in stir.

Category:English ergative verbs

et:stir fr:stir io:stir it:stir kk:stir ku:stir lo:stir hu:stir pt:stir fi:stir ta:stir te:stir vi:stir tr:stir vo:stir zh:stir