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  • 1stir-about — n. Porridge …

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  • 2Stir — Stir, n. 1. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. [1913 Webster] Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir? Denham. [1913 Webster] Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few …

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  • 3stir — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 action of stirring ADJECTIVE ▪ good (esp. BrE) VERB + STIR ▪ give sth ▪ Give the mixture a good stir. 2 general excitement or shock ADJECTIVE …

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  • 4stir — I n. disturbance 1) to cause, create, make a stir 2) a big stir 3) a stir about, over II v. 1) (D; tr.) to stir into (to stir one ingredient into another) 2) (D; tr.) to stir to (the news stirred them to greater efforts) 3) (H; usu. refl.) they… …

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  • 5stir — Synonyms and related words: action, activate, activeness, activism, activity, actuate, actuation, ado, advance, affect, agitate, agitation, amalgamate, animate, annoy, arise, arouse, ascend, awake, awaken, back, back up, be turbulent, beat, beat… …

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  • 6stir — 1. verb /stɜː,stɜːr/ a) To change the place of in any manner; to move. My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir. b) To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate.… …

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  • 7stir — vb Stir, rouse, arouse, awaken, waken, rally can all mean to cause to shift from quiescence or torpor into activity. Stir, often followed by up, usually presupposes excitement to activity by something which disturbs or agitates and so brings to… …

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  • 8stir — [n] commotion, excitement activity, ado, agitation, backwash*, bustle, din, disorder, disquiet, disturbance, ferment, flap*, flurry, furor, fuss, movement, pandemonium, pother, racket, row, scene, to do*, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl,… …

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  • 9Stir Crazy (restaurant) — Stir Crazy is a restaurant chain serving Asian style stir fry food and other Asian dishes. Stir Crazy features a Market Bar or build your own stir fry menu, where the customer creates a custom stir fry dish from about 30 different vegetables,… …

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  • 10stir — stir1 [stʉr] vt. stirred, stirring [ME stirien < OE styrian: see STORM] 1. to move, shake, agitate, etc., esp. slightly 2. to change the position of slightly; displace [to stir a log] 3. to rouse from sleep, lethargy, indifference, etc …

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