Stir
41stir — a prison Probably from the Romany and not what you do to your breakfast porridge: A friend of mine who s in stir. (Chandler, 1939) To be stir wise is to be experienced in prison life: He s too stir wise for me. (ibid.) To stir …
42stir — 1. verb 1) stir the mixture well Syn: mix, blend, agitate; beat, whip, whisk, fold in 2) Travis stirred in his sleep Syn: move slightly, change one s position, shift 3) …
43stir — 1. verb /stɜː,stɜːr/ a) To change the place of in any manner; to move. My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir. b) To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate.… …
44stir — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. move, budge, circulate; agitate, incite, arouse; animate, stimulate, provoke. See agitation, motion, excitement. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. agitation, tumult, bustle; see excitement . v. 1. [To… …
45stir up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If something stirs up dust or stirs up mud in water, it causes it to rise up and move around. [V n P] They saw first a cloud of dust and then the car that was stirring it up. [Also V P n (not pron)] Syn: disturb 2) PHRASAL VERB… …
46stir in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms stir in : present tense I/you/we/they stir in he/she/it stirs in present participle stirring in past tense stirred in past participle stirred in to add something to a liquid or substance and mix it Cook the… …
47stir — n prison. Various Romany (gypsy) words such as stardo and steripen, dealing with the concept of imprisonment, gave rise to start , an 18th century British slang term for prison, and later, in the mid 19th century, to stir, which has remained one… …
48stir — v 1. mix, commix, intermix, scramble; blend, mingle, commingle, intermingle; fuse, merge, amalgamate; beat, whip, churn. 2. move, budge, act; trouble oneself, move an inch, exert oneself, make an effort, lift a finger; shift, change positions,… …
49stir — 1. verb 1) stir the mixture well Syn: mix, blend, beat, whip, whisk, fold in; N.Amer. muddle 2) James stirred in his sleep Syn: move, change one s position, shift 3) …
50stir — Oni (move); kāwili (as ingredients); ♦ stir up (excite), ho opi ipi i, hō eu, hō eu eu, hō eleu, ho oulu, ho ūlu, ho ouluulu, ho ouluāo a, pai, ho opai, ho opaipai, ho āla, ho ālaala, ui; kuehu, kaiehu (as dust); ho ohaunaele (as trouble).… …