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/
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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