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STIRRED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend
Classified under:
Similar:
agitated (physically disturbed or set in motion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Emotionally aroused
Synonyms:
aroused; stimulated; stirred; stirred up
Classified under:
Similar:
excited (in an aroused state)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
Example:
very touched by the stranger's kindness
Synonyms:
affected; moved; stirred; touched
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
sick (deeply affected by a strong feeling)
Also:
affected (acted upon; influenced)
emotional (of more than usual emotion)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb stir
Context examples:
Not a man stirred; not a man answered.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Womble stirred uneasily, feeling for the other the hatred one is prone to feel for one he has wronged.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The blankets in the other bunk stirred irritably.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Bangs came twice a day, Hannah sat up at night, Meg kept a telegram in her desk all ready to send off at any minute, and Jo never stirred from Beth's side.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Mrs. Price, it appeared, scarcely ever stirred out of doors, except of a Sunday; she owned she could seldom, with her large family, find time for a walk.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
In front lay the broad moat, with the moon lying upon its surface, now clear and round, now drawn lengthwise as the breeze stirred the waters.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For two days after this I stayed at home, and my wife appeared to abide loyally by our engagement, for, as far as I know, she never stirred out of the house.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But they learnt, on enquiry, that its possessor, an elderly lady of very good character, was unfortunately too infirm to mix with the world, and never stirred from home.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
But just as the wedding was going to be solemnized, old Mr Fox stirred under the bench, and cudgelled all the rabble, and drove them and Mrs Fox out of the house.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Mr. Woodhouse, who had already taken his little round in the highest part of the gardens, where no damps from the river were imagined even by him, stirred no more; and his daughter resolved to remain with him, that Mrs. Weston might be persuaded away by her husband to the exercise and variety which her spirits seemed to need.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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