stir
$ \mathrm{stir}^1 |stər|
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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.
PHRASES
stir one's stumps
often in imperative British informal, dated (of a person) begin to move or act.
stir someone's blood
make someone excited or enthusiastic.
PHRASAL VERBS
stir something up
cause or provoke trouble or bad feeling:
e.g. he accused me of trying to stir up trouble.
ORIGIN
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.
ORIGIN
mid 19th century: perhaps from Romany sturbin ‘jail’.