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STIRRING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Agitating a liquid with an implement
Example:
constant stirring prevents it from burning on the bottom of the pan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("stirring" is a kind of...):
agitation (the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Arousing to a particular emotion or action
Synonyms:
inspiration; stirring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("stirring" is a kind of...):
arousal; rousing (the act of arousing)
Derivation:
stir (affect emotionally)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions
Example:
a stirring speech
Synonyms:
soul-stirring; stirring
Classified under:
Similar:
moving (arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement
Example:
stirring events such as wars and rescues
Synonyms:
rousing; stirring
Classified under:
Similar:
stimulating (rousing or quickening activity or the senses)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb stir
Context examples:
There is no prospect of danger, or I should not dream of stirring out without you.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was now daylight, but the household was not yet stirring.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
With Mars stirring up interested clients and customers, it appears you will be bringing in profits—and that may provide just the comfy cushion you hoped to find.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Your indifference is half affectation, and a good stirring up would prove it.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Bless you, sir, if any one is about he will be, for he is always the first stirring.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In Bilbao-Sainz's testing, adding 3.5 percent of either strawberry, raspberry or blackberry freeze‐dried powder reduced the water available for ice crystal formation during stirring and freezing, preventing crystal growth and slowing melting.
(Freeze-Dried Strawberries and Ice Cream Make for a Very Stable Relationship, Agricultural Research Service)
In silence, too, they traversed the by-street; and it was not until they had come into a neighbouring thoroughfare, where even upon a Sunday there were still some stirrings of life, that Mr. Utterson at last turned and looked at his companion.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Soon after this, little Marleen came up to her mother who was stirring a pot of boiling water over the fire, and said, Mother, brother is sitting by the door with an apple in his hand, and he looks so pale; and when I asked him to give me the apple, he did not answer, and that frightened me.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
She was calm, except when she thought of her mother; but she was almost hopeless; and in this state she continued till noon, scarcely stirring from her sister's bed, her thoughts wandering from one image of grief, one suffering friend to another, and her spirits oppressed to the utmost by the conversation of Mrs. Jennings, who scrupled not to attribute the severity and danger of this attack to the many weeks of previous indisposition which Marianne's disappointment had brought on.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Life was stirring.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
