What is the meaning of stir?

noun

• A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event.
  • usage: "he made a great splash and then disappeared"
  • synonyms: splash
• Emotional agitation and excitement.
• A rapid active commotion.
  • synonyms: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss

verb

• Move an implement through.
  • usage: "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil"
• Move very slightly.
  • usage: "He shifted in his seat"
  • synonyms: shift, budge, agitate
• Stir feelings in.
  • usage: "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
  • synonyms: stimulate, excite
• Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.
  • usage: "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
  • synonyms: stimulate, shake, shake up, excite
• Affect emotionally.
  • usage: "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
  • synonyms: touch
• Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.
  • usage: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
  • synonyms: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
• (v.) ()
  • synonyms: arouse
• Mix or add by stirring.
  • usage: "Stir nuts into the dough"