Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 9004 6805709 2009-06-16T00:01:31Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:simple:stir]] ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * RP, {{IPA|/stɜː/}} * Gen Am, {{IPA|/stɜːr/}} * {{audio|en-us-stir.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɜː(r)}} ===Etymology 1=== From {{etyl|ang|en}} {{term|styrian||lang=ang}} ====Verb==== {{en-verb|stir|r|ing}} # {{transitive}} To [[change]] the place of in any manner; to move. #: ''My foot I had never yet in five days been able to '''stir'''. —[[w:Sir William Temple|Sir William Temple]]'' # {{transitive}} To [[disturb]] the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate #: ''She stired a pudding with a spoon''. #: ''My mind is troubled, like a fountain '''stirred'''. —[[w:Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'' # {{transitive}} To [[bring]] into debate; to agitate; to moot. #: '''''Stir''' not questions of jurisdiction. —[[w:Francis Bacon|Francis Bacon]]'' # {{transitive}} To [[incite]] to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. #: ''To '''stir''' men to devotion. —[[w:Chaucer|Chaucer]]'' #: ''An Ate, '''stirring''' him to blood and strife. —[[w:Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'' #: ''And for her sake some mutiny will '''stir'''. —[[w:John Dryden|John Dryden]].'' # {{intransitive}} To [[move]]; to change one’s position. #: ''I had not power to '''stir''' or strive, But felt that I was still alive. —[[w:Byron|Byron]].'' # {{intransitive}} To be in [[motion]]; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self. #: ''All are not fit with them to '''stir''' and toil. —[[w:Byron|Byron]].'' #: ''The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were '''stirring''' anxiously in his behalf. — [[w:Charles Merivale|Charles Merivale]].'' # {{intransitive}} To [[become]] the object of notice; to be on foot. #: ''They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon everything that '''stirs''' or appears. —[[w:Isaac Watts|Isaac Watts]].'' # {{intransitive|poetic}} To [[rise]], or be up, in the morning. —[[w:Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] =====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===== * {{sense|to move}} [[incite]]; [[awaken]]; [[rouse]]; [[animate]]; [[stimulate]]; [[excite]]; [[provoke]]. =====Derived terms===== * [[stirrer]] * [[stir-fry]] * [[stir up]] =====Translations===== {{trans-top|To change the place of in any manner; to move}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|аларма|f|tr=alárma|sc=Cyrl}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|liikuttaa}} * German: {{t+|de|bewegen}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|mozgat}}, {{t|hu|mozdít}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|動かす|tr=ugokasu|sc=Jpan}} * Russian: [[двигать]] (dvígat') {{impf}}, [[двинуть]] (dvínut') {{pf}}; [[шевелить]] (šev'elít') {{impf}}, [[шевельнуть]] (šev'el'nút') {{pf}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To disturb the relative position of the particles of}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|аларма|f|tr=alárma|sc=Cyrl}} * Chinese: [[攪]], [[搅]] (jiǎo) * Finnish: {{t+|fi|sekoittaa}} * German: {{t+|de|rühren}} {{trans-mid}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kever}}, {{t|hu|kavar}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|掻き混ぜる|tr=kaki-mazeru|sc=Jpan}} * Russian: [[размешивать]] (razm'éšivat’) {{impf}}, [[размешать]] (razm'ešát’) {{pf}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot}} * German: {{t+|de|hervorrufen}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|扇動する|tr=sendō suru|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[вызывать]] (vyzyvát') {{impf}}, [[вызвать]] (výzvat') {{pf}}; [[возбуждать]] (vozbuždát') {{impf}}, [[возбудить]] (vozbudít') {{pf}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|аларма|f|tr=alárma|sc=Cyrl}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|yllyttää}}, {{t+|fi|kiihottaa}} * German: {{t-|de|anstacheln}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|かき立てる|tr=kakitateru|sc=Jpan}} * Russian: [[вызывать]] (vyzyvát') {{impf}}, [[вызвать]] (výzvat') {{pf}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To move; to change one’s position}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|liikkua}} * German: (sich) [[bewegen]] * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|mozdul}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|動く|tr=ugoku|sc=Jpan}} * Russian: [[двигаться]] (dvígat's'a) {{impf}}, [[двинуться]] (dvínut's'a) {{pf}}; [[шевелиться]] (šev'elít's'a) {{impf}}, [[шевельнуться]] (šev'el'nút's'a) {{pf}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To be in motion}} * German: (sich) [[regen]] * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|mozog}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|動き回る|tr=ugoki-mawaru|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[двигаться]] (dvígat's'a) {{impf}}, [[двинуться]] (dvínut's'a) {{pf}}; [[шевелиться]] (šev'elít's'a) {{impf}}, [[шевельнуться]] (šev'el'nút's'a) {{pf}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To become the object of notice; to be on foot}} * German: {{t+|de|auffallen}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To rise, or be up, in the morning}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Arabic}}: {{Arab|[[مزج]]}} {{unicode|(mázaja)}} * {{ttbc|Dutch}}: [[roeren]] * {{ttbc|French}}: [[agiter]], [[remuer]] * {{ttbc|Ido}}: [[agitar]] * {{ttbc|Italian}}: [[mescolare]] {{trans-mid}} * {{ttbc|Korean}}: [[휘젓다]] (hwijeotta) * {{ttbc|Portuguese}}: [[mexer]] * {{ttbc|Spanish}}: [[revolver]] * {{ttbc|Swedish}}: [[röra]] {{trans-bottom}} ====Noun==== {{en-noun|s|-}} # The [[act]] or [[result]] of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. #: ''Why all these words, this clamor, and this '''stir'''? — [[w:Sir John Denham|Sir John Denham]].'' #: ''Consider, after so much '''stir''' about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of. —[[w:John Locke|John Locke]].'' # Public [[disturbance]] or [[commotion]]; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar. #: ''Being advertised of some '''stirs''' raised by his unnatural sons in England. —[[w:Sir John Davies|Sir John Davies]].'' # [[agitation|Agitation]] of thoughts; conflicting passions. =====Translations===== {{trans-top|The act or result of stirring}} * German: [[Erregung]] * Japanese: {{t|ja|撹拌|tr=kakuhan|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[неразбериха]] (n'erazb'eríχa) {{f}}, [[суматоха]] (sumatóχa) {{f}}, [[суета]] (sujetá) {{f}}, [[переполох]] (p'er'epolóχ) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|Public disturbance or commotion}} * German: {{t+|de|Aufruhr}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|騒動|tr=sōdō|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[волнения]] (voln'énija) {{p}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions}} * German: [[Erregung]] * Japanese: {{t|ja|騒動|tr=sōdō|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[смятение]] (sm'at'énije) {{n}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Etymology 2=== {{etystub}} ====Noun==== {{en-noun|-}} # {{slang}} [[jail|Jail]]; prison. #: ''He's going to spendin' maybe ten years '''in stir'''.'' 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