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The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)

Example: Can you give the soup a little stir?

Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.

Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.

Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

To incite to action

To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate.

Example: She stirred the pudding with a spoon.

To agitate the content of (a container), by passing something through it.

Example: Would you please stand here and stir this pot so that the chocolate doesn't burn?

To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.

Jail; prison.

Example: He's going to be spending maybe ten years in stir.