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stir

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stir
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.

She stirred the pudding with a spoon.

2. noun /stɜː,stɜːr/
a) The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.

Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir? — .

b) Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.

Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of. —.


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