"stir up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: stirs up [present, singular, third-person], stirring up [participle, present], stirred up [participle, past], stirred up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stir up (third-person singular simple present stirs up, present participle stirring up, simple past and past participle stirred up)
  1. (transitive) To arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.). Tags: transitive Synonyms: instigate, provoke, incite Translations (arouse or excite passion or action): ὀτρύνω (otrúnō) (Ancient Greek), ὄρνυμι (órnumi) (Ancient Greek), estimular (Catalan), excitar (Catalan), incitar (Catalan), inciti (Esperanto), bloveksciti (Esperanto), stimuler (French), inciter (French), ambrar (Galician), enfoutar (Galician), encirrar (Galician), apurrar (Galician), motexar (Galician), estrizar (Galician), isar (Galician), enguizar (Galician), embuxar (Galician), bezar (Galician), stimolare (Italian), appassionare (Italian), convincere (Italian), percieō (Latin), suscitō (Latin), دورتمك (dürtmek) (Ottoman Turkish), كوروكلمك (körüklemek) (Ottoman Turkish), incitar (Portuguese), levantar pasiones (Spanish), soliviantar (Spanish), concitar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stir_up-en-verb-s8Q84ZUY Disambiguation of 'arouse or excite passion or action': 80 15 5
  2. (transitive) To mix (ingredients) by stirring. Tags: transitive Synonyms: stir, swizzle Translations (to mix ingredients): ҡушып болғау (quşıp bolğaw) (Bashkir), ҡушып бутау (quşıp butaw) (Bashkir), mélanger (French), whakaranu (Maori), misturar (Portuguese), разме́шивать (razméšivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), размеша́ть (razmešátʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
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  3. (transitive) To move or disturb slightly; to make turbid. Tags: transitive Synonyms: agitate, muddle, roil, trouble Translations (to cause (trouble etc)): vyvolat (Czech), piske op (Danish), opstoken (Dutch), õhutama (Estonian), lietsoa (Finnish), faire de l’agitation (French), entfachen (German), felkavar (Hungarian), koma af stað, stofna til (Icelandic), fomentare (Italian), sobillare (Italian), incitare (Italian), suscitō (Latin), turbō (Latin), izraisit (Latvian), sacelt (Latvian), sukelti (Lithuanian), sukurstyti (Lithuanian), hisse opp (Norwegian), egge til opprør (Norwegian), wywoływać (Polish), wzniecać (Polish), fazer agitação [Brazil] (Portuguese), provocar [Portugal] (Portuguese), a da nastere la (Romanian), vyvolat (Slovak), izzvati (Slovene), despertar (Spanish), provocar (Spanish), excitar (Spanish), fomentar (Spanish), chochea (Swahili), ställa till, sätta i gång (Swedish), neden olmak (Turkish), poxta (Zazaki) Translations (to make turbid): tiehu (Maori)
    Sense id: en-stir_up-en-verb-Kfpn2gPL Disambiguation of 'to cause (trouble etc)': 27 27 47 Disambiguation of 'to make turbid': 0 0 100

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To mix (ingredients) by stirring."
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          "sense": "to mix ingredients",
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        "(transitive) To move or disturb slightly; to make turbid."
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          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
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          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
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          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "lietsoa"
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          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "entfachen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "felkavar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "koma af stað, stofna til"
        },
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          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "fomentare"
        },
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          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "sobillare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
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          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "sacelt"
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          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
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          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
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          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "lt",
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          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "sukurstyti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "hisse opp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "egge til opprør"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "wywoływać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "wzniecać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil"
          ],
          "word": "fazer agitação"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "tags": [
            "Portugal"
          ],
          "word": "provocar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "a da nastere la"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "vyvolat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "izzvati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "despertar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "provocar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "excitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "fomentar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "chochea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "ställa till, sätta i gång"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "neden olmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 27 47",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
          "word": "poxta"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make turbid",
          "word": "tiehu"
        }
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}
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "estimular"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "incitar"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "inciti"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "bloveksciti"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "stimuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "inciter"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "ambrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "enfoutar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "encirrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "apurrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "motexar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "estrizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "isar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "enguizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "embuxar"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "bezar"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "órnumi",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "ὄρνυμι"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "stimolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "appassionare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "convincere"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "percieō"
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      "word": "suscitō"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "word": "دورتمك"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "körüklemek",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "كوروكلمك"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "incitar"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "levantar pasiones"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "soliviantar"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "arouse or excite passion or action",
      "word": "concitar"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "vyvolat"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "piske op"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "opstoken"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "õhutama"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "lietsoa"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "faire de l’agitation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "entfachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "felkavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "koma af stað, stofna til"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "fomentare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "sobillare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "incitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "suscitō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "turbō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "izraisit"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "sacelt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "sukelti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "sukurstyti"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "hisse opp"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "egge til opprør"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "wywoływać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "wzniecać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "fazer agitação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "provocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "a da nastere la"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "vyvolat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "izzvati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "despertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "provocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "excitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "fomentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "chochea"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "ställa till, sätta i gång"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "neden olmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to cause (trouble etc)",
      "word": "poxta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "quşıp bolğaw",
      "sense": "to mix ingredients",
      "word": "ҡушып болғау"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "quşıp butaw",
      "sense": "to mix ingredients",
      "word": "ҡушып бутау"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to mix ingredients",
      "word": "mélanger"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to mix ingredients",
      "word": "whakaranu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to mix ingredients",
      "word": "misturar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razméšivatʹ",
      "sense": "to mix ingredients",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разме́шивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razmešátʹ",
      "sense": "to mix ingredients",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "размеша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make turbid",
      "word": "tiehu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stir up"
}

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