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stir
A	noun
	1	bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
			a rapid bustling commotion
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move; motility ╚disturbance ╚commotion; din; ruction; ruckus; rumpus; tumult ╚bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
	2	stir
			emotional agitation and excitement
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚feeling ╚agitation ╚stir ╚sensation ╚electricity
	3	disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
			a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
		Category Tree: state ╚disorder ╚disturbance, disruption, commotion, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle ╚tumult; tumultuousness; uproar; garboil ╚storm center; storm centre ╚storm; tempest ╚incident ╚earthquake ╚convulsion; turmoil; upheaval
B	verb
	1	stir
			mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚work ╚stir
	2	raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
			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"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth ╚bless ╚curse; beshrew; damn; bedamn; anathemize; anathemise; imprecate; maledict
	3	stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
			stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚arouse; elicit; enkindle; kindle; evoke; fire; raise; provoke ╚stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir ╚titillate ╚inspire; animate; invigorate; enliven; exalt ╚elate; lift up; uplift; pick up; intoxicate ╚tempt; invite ╚thrill; tickle; vibrate ╚frighten; fright; scare; affright ╚arouse; sex; excite; turn on; wind up ╚fuel
	4	touch, stir
			affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
		Category Tree: affect; impress; move; strike ╚touch, stir ╚get
	5	stir, shift, budge, agitate
			move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
		Category Tree: move ╚stir, shift, budge, agitate
	6	arouse, stir
			to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
		Category Tree: move ╚arouse, stir
	7	stir
			move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚stir ╚paddle ╚churn
	8	stimulate, excite, stir
			stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
		Category Tree: sensitize; sensitise ╚stimulate, excite, stir ╚disgust; gross out; revolt; repel ╚whet; quicken ╚thrill ╚fellate; blow; go down on ╚work ╚horripilate ╚masturbate ╚masturbate; wank; fuck off; she-bop; jack off; jerk off

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