stir

«stir» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to move a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (stir, stirs, stirred, stirring); noun (a stir)

meaning for a pupil

1) To stir is to move a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it. tree →

2) To stir can mean to move slightly: The baby stirred in her sleep. tree →

3) A stir is excitement or trouble among people: The news caused a stir. tree →

4) To stir up means to cause trouble or strong feelings. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Stir up" is often used of God, who is asked to wake and act with his might. It is also used of people who stir up trouble or war. Interpretation: Tradition reads "stir up Thy might" as a bold prayer. People ask God, who never sleeps, to seem to rouse himself and save Israel. In the primary lessons: In cooking and science lessons, stirring helps a solid like sugar or salt dissolve faster in water, and mixes ingredients evenly. In stories, a character stirring means waking or moving; «stirring up trouble» means causing arguments on purpose. Phrases: stir in, stir up, cause a stir, stir-fry.

examples

• Who devise evil things in their heart; every day do they stir up wars. (Writings PSA.140.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might, and come to save us. (Writings PSA.80.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• None is so fierce that dare stir him up; who then is able to stand before Me? (Writings JOB.41.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Stir the soup with a wooden spoon. tree →
• Stirring helps the sugar dissolve. tree →
• Stir the paint before you use it. tree →
• The cat stirred and opened one eye. tree →
• The new pupil caused quite a stir. tree →
• Do not stir up trouble in the playground. tree →
• We made a vegetable stir-fry. tree →
• Stir in the eggs slowly. tree →
• She was afraid, and didn't stir. tree →

note

Past: stirred, stirring (double r). Stirring does not make things dissolve that cannot dissolve (sand), it only speeds it up. Be careful stirring hot pans: use a long spoon and keep the handle turned in.

In the corpora

• And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.
• Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might, and come to save us.
• Who devise evil things in their heart; every day do they stir up wars.
• Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.
• A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stir» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.