agitate

«agitate» in Mova's school dictionary: To make someone feel worried, nervous or upset — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (agitate, agitates, agitated, agitating)

meaning for a pupil

1) To make someone feel worried, nervous or upset. tree →

2) To shake or stir a liquid hard. tree →

3) To argue or campaign publicly to make a change happen. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, agitate means shake or stir (washing machines agitate clothes). In history and civics, people agitate for rights. In stories, a character is agitated. Phrases: «agitate for/against».

examples

• The loud noise agitated the dog. tree →
• Agitate the jar to mix the paint. tree →
• Workers agitated for better pay. tree →
• Don't agitate your sister before bed. tree →
• The washing machine agitates the clothes. tree →
• Women agitated for the vote. tree →
• "Remember that I am hatching eggs; it may agitate me, and will affect them." tree →

note

Noun: agitation; person: agitator. Past: agitated. Formal compared with «upset» or «shake».

Trees and pragmatics

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