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What is the verb for stir?

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stir
  1. (transitive) To incite to action
  2. (transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate.
  3. (transitive) To agitate the content of (a container), by passing something through it.
  4. (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
  5. (transitive, dated) To change the place of in any manner; to move.
  6. (intransitive) To move; to change one’s position.
  7. (intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
  8. (intransitive) To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
  9. (intransitive, poetic) To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.
  10. Synonyms:
      11. agitate, blend, mix, beat, whisk, churn, swirl, wash, whip, whirl, muddle, fold, toss, fold in, mix up, move about, combine, ruffle, aerate, shake up, fluff up, stir vigorously, mix vigorously, roil, shake, whip up, work up, puree, mix in, stir in, cream, stimulate, arouse, excite, animate, inspire, activate, provoke, rouse, instigate, kindle, move, pique, spark, fire, galvanise, galvanize, whet, enkindle, foment … more
  11. Examples:
      12. “When you are ready to eat, stir the maple syrup sauce, and spoon some of it over the apple snow.”
      “These classic examples of literature can stir her imagination to see life beyond her own.”
      “What would have been the use of those arms, that physique, and that noble soul, without crises or conditions to stir him into action?”
stirring
  1. present participle of stir
  2. Synonyms:
      3. exciting, thrilling, exhilarating, rousing, animating, enlivening, enthusing, stimulating, delighting, inspiring, inspiriting, invigorating, moving, elating, lifting, vitalizing, buoying, charging, electrifying, enrapturing, galvanizing, gladdening, gripping, heartening, intoxicating, pumping up, tickling, uplifting, bucking up, energising, energizing, envigorating, galvanising, gingering up, jazzing up, livening up, pepping up, perking up, picking up, stirring up, evoking, firing, getting going, giving someone a buzz, giving someone a charge, giving someone a kick, lighting a fire under, putting zip into, quickening, tickling someone pink … more
stirs
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stir
  2. Synonyms:
      3. agitates, blends, mixes, beats, whisks, churns, swirls, washes, whips, whirls, muddles, folds, tosses, folds in, mixes up, moves about, combines, ruffles, aerates, shakes up, fluffs up, mixes vigorously, stirs vigorously, roils, shakes, whips up, works up, purees, stirs in, mixes in, creams, stimulates, arouses, excites, animates, inspires, activates, provokes, rouses, instigates, kindles, moves, piques, sparks, fires, galvanises, galvanizes, whets, enkindles, foments … more
stirreth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of stir
stirrest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of stir
stirred
  1. simple past tense and past participle of stir
  2. Synonyms:
      3. excited, thrilled, exhilarated, roused, animated, enlivened, enthused, stimulated, delighted, inspired, inspirited, invigorated, moved, elated, lifted, vitalized, buoyed, charged, electrified, enraptured, galvanized, gladdened, gripped, heartened, intoxicated, pumped up, tickled, uplifted, bucked up, energised, energized, envigorated, galvanised, gingered up, jazzed up, livened up, pepped up, perked up, picked up, stirred up, evoked, fired, gave someone a buzz, lit a fire under, put zip into, quickened, incited, aroused, provoked, encouraged … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “We trembled from the initial bolt of lightning to the moment when the quickened corpse stirred, arose and lurched from the laboratory table.”
      “Tim stirred it well, to mix in all the little left behind bits of fried chicken, garlic and breadcrumbs.”
      “His hurt expression and absent apology stirred little guilt in her hardened bosom.”
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