stirring
 (a.)活潑的,活躍的,忙碌的,激動人心的


 Stir v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stirred p. pr. & vb. n. Stirring.]
 1. To change the place of in any manner; to move.
    My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir.   --Sir W. Temple.
 2. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon.
    My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred.   --Shak.
 3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
    Stir not questions of jurisdiction.   --Bacon.
 4. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. “To stir men to devotion.”
    An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife.   --Shak.
    And for her sake some mutiny will stir.   --Dryden.
 Note: ☞ In all senses except the first, stir is often followed by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to stir up sedition.
 Syn: -- To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke.


 Stir·ring a. Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life.
    A more stirring and intellectual age than any which had gone before it.   --Southey.
 Syn: -- Animating; arousing; awakening; stimulating; quickening; exciting.

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 stir
      n 1: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the
           furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance,
            disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do,
            hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle]
      2: emotional agitation and excitement
      3: a rapid bustling commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry,
          ado, fuss]
      v 1: move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the
           soup"; "stir my drink"
      2: move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: shift,
         budge, agitate]
      3: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the
         audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: stimulate, excite]
      4: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories
         shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
         [syn: stimulate, shake, shake up, excite]
      5: affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by
         your kind letter of sympathy" [syn: touch]
      6: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the
         specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the
         air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from
         the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke,
          evoke, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward,
          call forth]
      7: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping
         children began to stir" [syn: arouse]
      8: mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
      [also: stirring, stirred]


 stirring
      adj 1: capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement; "a rousing
             sermon"; "stirring events such as wars and rescues"
             [syn: rousing]
      2: exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions; "a stirring
         speech" [syn: soul-stirring]
      n 1: agitating a liquid with an implement; "constant stirring
           prevents it from burning on the bottom of the pan"
      2: arousing to a particular emotion or action [syn: inspiration]


 stirring
      See stir