stirring

Definition of stirring in English English dictionary: Present participle of stir; An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred; invigorating or inspiring; A stirring event, performance, or account of something makes people very excited or enthusiastic. The Prime Minister made a stirring speech Stowe gives a stirring performance as a strong spirited female. = rousing; Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life; agitating a liquid with an implement; "constant stirring prevents it from burning on the bottom of the pan"; capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement; "a rousing sermon"; "stirring events such as wars and rescues"; exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions; "a stirring speech; exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions; "a stirring speech"; {s} moving, rousing, exhilarating; lively, spirited; {i} act of making circular movements in a liquid with an object, agitating, mixing; rousing, moving; A stirring of a feeling or thought is the beginning of one. I feel a stirring of curiosity. producing strong feelings or excitement in someone = rousing. an early sign that something is starting to happen stirring of; arousing to a particular emotion or action; agitating a liquid with an implement; "constant stirring prevents it from burning on the bottom of the pan" exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions; "a stirring speech
stirring up: Present participle of stir up
stirring up interest: attracting interest, being fascination, being stimulating
stirring up strife: arousing dispute, inciting arguments
stir: Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions
stir: Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar
Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England. —Sir John Davies.
stir: To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite
That night he was almost too happy to sleep, and so much love stirred in his little sawdust heart that it almost burst.
stir: The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements
Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of. —John Locke.
stir: To move; to change one’s position
I had not power to stir or strive, But felt that I was still alive. —Byron.
stir: To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate
My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred. —Shakespeare.
stir: To agitate the content of (a container) by passing something through it
Would you please stand here and stir this pot so that the chocolate doesn't burn?.
stir: To rise, or be up, in the morning
stir: To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self
The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring anxiously in his behalf. — Charles Merivale.
summer-stirring: summer fallow
stir: {v} to move, go on, incite, animate, rise
stir: {n} a tumult, bustle, agitation, uproar, noise
stir: (Short TR Inversion Recovery) - inversion recovery sequence with a short TI interval
stir: For those of you who dislike shaking your martinis, you can stir Basically, you add your ingredients into an ice filled pitcher of some sort and stir The goal here is to mix and chill your ingredients
stir: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
stir: To become the object of notice; to be on foot
stir: 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. = move
stir: Jail; prison
stir: To change the place of in any manner; to move
stir: To move; to change one's position
stir: {i} stirring movement; movement, motion; disturbance, confusion, agitation, excitement; prison (Slang)
stir: affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
stir: If you do not stir from a place, you do not move from it. She had not stirred from the house that evening = move
stir: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
stir: 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
stir: To mix ingredients until well blended
stir: To mix food materials using a circular motion for the purpose of blending them into ad desired mixture
stir: Using a spoon or whisk in a broad, circular motion, to mix ingredients without beating in air, or to prevent them from sticking
stir: move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"
stir: mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
stir: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
stir: move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
stir: Stirring is a way of combing ingredients using a large spoon or fork
stir: Strategic Initiative and Research
stir: If an event causes a stir, it causes great excitement, shock, or anger among people. His film has caused a stir in America. = commotion see also stirring. Prison
stir: To rise, or be up, in the morning. [Colloq.] -Shak
stir: Mix ingredients in a slow circular motion
stir: To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot
stir: move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink
stir: 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
stir: To disturb the relative position of the particles of as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate
stir: a rapid bustling commotion
stir: To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy ones self
stir: 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. = move
stir: {f} make circular movements in a liquid with an object, agitate, mix; move, set in motion; arouse, awake, bestir; stimulate, provoke, incite; affect the emotions
stir: 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"
stir: 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
stir: To mix ingredients with spoon or other utensil combining them Foods are also stirred during cooking to prevent sticking and even cooking
stir: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
stir: emotional agitation and excitement
stir: emotional agitation and excitement mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
stir: emotional agitation and excitement mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough" move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink
stirringly: in a manner which exhilarates, rousingly; in a lively manner
stirringly: in a stirring manner; "he talked stirringly about his days during the war
stirringly: In a stirring way