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together. 2 move, rise, arise, get up, bestir (oneself), be up
and about, Colloq get a move on, get moving, get a wiggle on,
shake a leg, look or step lively, look alive, stir one's stumps:
It is about time you were up and stirring. 3 disturb, trouble,
affect, upset, stimulate, activate: The play stirred the
conscience of the king. Mention 'diet' to Roberta and you'll
stir up a wasp's nest. 4 Often, stir up. motivate, encourage,
stimulate, energize, galvanize, electrify, animate, excite,
inspire, provoke, move, rouse, arouse, get, prompt, urge,
incite, spur, prod, induce, persuade, convince: What will it
take to stir the council to take action? The usual
rabble-rousers were there, stirring up the crowd. 5 Often, stir
up. awaken, rouse, (cause to) recall or call to mind, revive,
resuscitate: Those photographs stir up so many old memories!
--n. 6 bustle, activity, movement, stirring, action, commotion,
flurry, confusion, tumult, ado, to-do, fuss, disturbance,
excitement, hubbub, Colloq Brit kerfuffle: There was a stir at
the door, which was flung wide to allow Kitty to sweep in. The
news of her marriage caused quite a stir. 7 prison, jail or Brit
also gaol, jail-house, clink, penitentiary, lock-up, Military
Brit glasshouse, US brig, Slang chiefly Brit quod, US big house,
pen, slammer, can, calaboose: He claims he's in stir for
something he didn't do.
stirring adj. moving, telling, emotional, emotive, emotion-charged,
rousing, stimulating, inspiring, gripping, evocative, exciting,
thrilling, melodramatic, dramatic, heady, intoxicating,
spirited, inspiriting, exhilarating, awe-inspiring: He was
treated to the stirring experience of hearing fifty thousand
people shouting his name in unison, again and again.
stock n. 1 supply, store, inventory, stockpile, reserve, reservoir,
cache, hoard; wares, merchandise, goods, selection, assortment,
range, variety, array: One can select something suitable from
the stock at the local wine shop. 2 pedigree, bloodline, house,
dynasty, (line of) descent, genealogy, extraction, roots,
lineage, family, ancestry, parentage, breeding, heritage: Her
mother was concerned that she should marry someone of good
stock. 3 source, progenitor, creator, father, begetter,
forefather, ancestor, precursor, forerunner, forebear; founder:
He might well provide the stock for a new line of kings. 4
livestock, (domestic or farm) animals, cattle, beasts; horses,