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stir stirsstirringstirred

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verbIf you stir a liquid or other substance, you move it around or mix it in a container using something such as a spoon.Stir the soup for a few seconds.There was Mrs Bellingham, stirring sugar into her tea.You don't add the peanut butter until after you've stirred in the honey.If you stir, you move slightly, for example because you are uncomfortable or beginning to wake up.Eileen shook him, and he started to stir.The two women lay on their backs, not stirring.If you do not stir from a place, you do not move from it.She had not stirred from the house that evening.There's something you could study without stirring from this room.If something stirs or if the wind stirs it, it moves gently in the wind.Palm trees stir in the soft Pacific breeze.Not a breath of fresh air stirred the long white curtains.If you stir yourself, or if something stirs you into action, you move in order to start doing something.Stir yourself! We've got a visitor.You can't even stir yourself to have a drink with them.The sight of them stirred him into action.If something stirs you, it makes you react with a strong emotion .The voice, less coarse now, stirred her as it had then.I was intrigued by him, stirred by his intellect.If a particular memory, feeling, or mood stirs or is stirred in you, you begin to think about it or feel it.Then a memory stirs in you and you start feeling anxious.Amy remembered the anger he had stirred in her.Deep inside the awareness was stirring that something was about to happen.nounIf an event causes a stir, it causes great excitement, shock, or anger among people.His film has caused a stir in America. C1

word	stir
definition	verb If you stir a liquid or other substance, you move it around or mix it in a container using something such as a spoon. Stir the soup for a few seconds. There was Mrs Bellingham, stirring sugar into her tea. You don't add the peanut butter until after you've stirred in the honey. If you stir, you move slightly, for example because you are uncomfortable or beginning to wake up. Eileen shook him, and he started to stir. The two women lay on their backs, not stirring. If you do not stir from a place, you do not move from it. She had not stirred from the house that evening. There's something you could study without stirring from this room. If something stirs or if the wind stirs it, it moves gently in the wind. Palm trees stir in the soft Pacific breeze. Not a breath of fresh air stirred the long white curtains. If you stir yourself, or if something stirs you into action, you move in order to start doing something. Stir yourself! We've got a visitor. You can't even stir yourself to have a drink with them. The sight of them stirred him into action. If something stirs you, it makes you react with a strong emotion . The voice, less coarse now, stirred her as it had then. I was intrigued by him, stirred by his intellect. If a particular memory, feeling, or mood stirs or is stirred in you, you begin to think about it or feel it. Then a memory stirs in you and you start feeling anxious. Amy remembered the anger he had stirred in her. Deep inside the awareness was stirring that something was about to happen. noun If an event causes a stir, it causes great excitement, shock, or anger among people. His film has caused a stir in America.
inflections	stirsstirringstirred
cefr-level	C1

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