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verb (stirs, stirring, stirred)

1. with object move a spoon or other implement around in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly:

〈人が〉 【スプーン･棒などで】〈液体など〉をかき回す, かき混ぜる «with»

e.g. stir the batter until it is just combined.

(stir something in/stir something into) add an ingredient to (a liquid or other substance) by mixing it in with a spoon or other implement:

【液体などに】〈材料など〉をかき混ぜながら入れる(in) «into»

e.g. stir in the flour and cook gently for two minutes.

2. move or cause to move slightly:

｟文｠ (風などで)かすかに動く

e.g. no object : nothing stirred except the wind

｟文｠ 〈物･人など〉をかすかに動かす

e.g. with object : a gentle breeze stirred the leaves

e.g. cloudiness is caused by the fish stirring up mud.

(of a person or animal) rise or wake from sleep:

｟文｠ 〈人が〉わずかに身動き［もぞもぞ］する

e.g. no one else had stirred yet.

(stir from) (of a person) leave or go out of (a place):

｟文｠ 〖通例否定語と共に〗 «…から» 移動する, 出る «from»

e.g. as he grew older, he seldom stirred from his apartment.

begin or cause to begin to be active or to develop:

〖～ A to do〗 〈人･物･事が〉A〈人〉を駆り立てて…させる; 〖～ A to into B〗 A〈人〉を駆り立ててB〈行為〉をさせる(up); 奮起させる

e.g. no object : the 1960s, when the civil rights movement stirred

e.g. with object : a voice stirred her from her reverie

e.g. he even stirred himself to play an encore.

3. with object arouse strong feelings in (someone); move or excite:

｟文｠ 〈物･事が〉〈人〉を感動［興奮］させる(move)

e.g. they will be stirred to action by what is written

e.g. he stirred up the sweating crowd.

arouse or prompt (a feeling or memory) or inspire (the imagination):

｟文｠ 〈物･事が〉〈記憶など〉を呼び起こす, 〈感情〉をかき立てる(up)

e.g. the story stirred many memories of my childhood

e.g. the rumors had stirred up his anger.

noun in singular

1. a slight physical movement:

(かすかな)動き; (風の)そよぎ.

e.g. I stood, straining eyes and ears for the faintest stir.

an initial sign of a specified feeling:

e.g. Caroline felt a stir of anger deep within her breast.

2. a commotion:

大きな興奮［騒ぎ, 動揺, 怒り］

e.g. the event caused quite a stir.

3. an act of mixing food or drink with a spoon or other implement:

かき回すこと

e.g. he gives his chocolate milk a stir.

often in imperative British informal, dated (of a person) begin to move or act.

make someone excited or enthusiastic.

cause or provoke trouble or bad feeling:

e.g. he accused me of trying to stir up trouble.

Old English styrian, of Germanic origin; related to German stören ‘disturb’.

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noun informal

prison:

｟俗｠ 刑務所(prison)

e.g. I've spent twenty-eight years in stir.

mid 19th century: perhaps from Romany sturbin ‘jail’.