stir

Mane (English)

Verb

1. To disturb the relative position of the particles of (a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
2. To disturb the content of (a container) by passing an object through it.
3. To emotionally affect; to touch, to move.
4. To incite to action.
5. To bring into debate; to agitate.
6. (obsolete) To disturb, to disrupt.
7. To change the place of in any manner; to move.
8. To begin to move, especially gently, from a still or unmoving position.
9. Of a feeling or emotion: to rise, begin to be felt.
10. To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
11. To rise from sleep or unconsciousness.

Noun

1. The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)
2. agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
3. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
4. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

Noun

Jail; prison.

Synonyms

move

mix

agitate

stir up

shake

excite

arouse

stimulate

rouse

budge

blend

shift

incite

disturb

commotion

bustle

abet

instigate

urge

prod

trigger

activity

impel

encourage

prompt

spur

spur on

spirit

zest

provocate

gusto

agitation

row

shake up

provoke

uproar

fuss

excitement

rock

🪨

turn

turmoil

tumult

churn

affect

flutter

whip

poke

disturbance

touch

racket

beat

work

trouble

ruffle

evoke

raise

movement

move about

noise

flurry

invoke

influence

run

scatter

scramble

sensation

jail

splash

ado

swing

mix up

clamour

din

tickle

toss

combine

turn around

turn over

twist

wake

pother

prison

work up

call forth

hustle

confuse

revolt

mingle

stump

panic

strength

adulterate

rile

turn on

move slightly

disconcert

go

roll

disorder

unrest

perturbation

change

goad

fluctuate

vary

vibrate

vigour

abash

confusion

stamina

pose

waver

roil

adjourn

whirl

whisk

liveliness

attitudinize

conjure

spread

riot

hasten

wriggle

spin

call down

solidity

knead

act

jumble

put forward

put on airs

revolve

feign

scuffle

conjure up

scratch

quiver

hubbub

intermix

bring up

rustle

rumpus

dynamism

blow about

inflame

ruckus

actuate

mix by stirring

rebellion

titillate

fuddle

toughness

clutter

obscure

transfer

operate

coil

excitation

tremble

mix in

swivel

randomise

range

ravel

recreate

regard

remove

resolve

restlessness

retreat

riddle

rinse

rise

rotate

ruction

rumple

scandal

scene

screw

scrimmage

set in motion

sex

👉👌

shaking

shock

⚡

show

situation

slammer

snarl

sophisticate

spoon

🥄

squabble

stab

stagger

stamp

startled

stimulation

stirring

stun

suggest

sway

swindle

swirl

tag

tangle

tempt

thrill

throb

thronging

throw

tintillate

to-do

touch on

tousle

trample

transferred

transpose

travel

trepidation

turbulence

tussle

twirl

unite

unsettle

upset

wag

waken

wave

👋

welter

wince

wind

withdraw

wrangle

wring

be active

be busy

begin to move

be in motion

be touched

be transferred

exite

loud protest

mix together

move backwards

pep up

shake violently

show signs of life

throw together

be considerate

be influenced

air

massage

💆

cause disorder

cause excitement

cause to move

strike a chord

be brought to motion

give a motion

strike a note

touch a chord

steam-out

jail house

exagitate

part

begin to swarm

accelerate

activate

activation

addle

adjoin

affray

agitating

alarm

alert

allure

ambulate

anger

💢

annoy

arousal

attentiveness

attract

awaken

awaking

bagnio

ballyhoo

bear upon

beat up

behave

bemuse

bestir oneself

bewilder

brawl

break up

brig

bring around

brouhaha

brush

calaboose

call

canoe

🛶

carry

cause trouble

chop

clamor

clink

come to life

commingle

commix

commove

compound

concoct

confect

confound

consternation

contact

cooler

coop

craving

creep in

crowding

curl

dangle

dazzle

depart

derange

dilute

disarrange

disarray

discombobulate

discomfit

discompose

disorganize

disorient

disrupt

dissolve

do

draw

egg on

electrify

enkindle

enrage

exasperate

exercise

fall

ferment

fidget

fire

🔥

fire up

flick

flip

flounder

flummox

fluster

fold

foment

fox

🦊

froth

furore

galvanise

galvanize

gaol

get angry

get up

go about

goose

🪿

gyrate

havoc

heat

heterodyne

hock

hoosegow

hullabaloo

hurry

ignite

immingle

immix

impassion

incense

inch

influenced

inspire

inspirit

interfere

involve

jar

🫙

jog

jug

kick

kindle

lade

leave

locomote

luridness

lust

mash

mayhem

meddle with

meet

meld

mend

moot

motion

motley

muddle

mystify

obfuscate

outbreak

paddle

palpitate

pass

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

perplex

pique

pivot

pound

💷

prepare

proceed

propel

put

quake

quarrel

quicken

quod

rabble

rake

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/stɜː/

Etîmolojî (English)

Inherited from Middle English: stiren

Inherited from Old English: styrian

Cognate with Old Norse: styrr

Cognate with almanî: stören

Cognate with holendî: storen

In summary

From Middle English stiren, sturien, steren, from Old English styrian (“to be in motion, move, agitate, stir, disturb, trouble”), from Proto-Germanic *sturiz (“turmoil, noise, confusion”), related to Proto-West Germanic *staurijan (“to destroy, disturb”). Cognate with Old Norse styrr (“turmoil, noise, confusion”), German stören (“to disturb”), Dutch storen (“to disturb”).