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Open English Wordnet Nouns (n) stir , splash a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event “he made a great splash and then disappeared”
(n) stir emotional agitation and excitement
Verbs (v) stir move an implement through “stir the soup” ,
“stir my drink” ,
“stir the soil”
(v) stimulate , excite , stir stir feelings in “stimulate my appetite” ,
“excite the audience” ,
“stir emotions”
(v) touch , stir affect emotionally “A stirring movie” ,
“I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy”
(v) raise , conjure , conjure up , invoke , evoke , stir , call down , arouse , bring up , put forward , call forth summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic “raise the specter of unemployment” ,
“he conjured wild birds in the air” ,
“call down the spirits from the mountain”
(v) arouse , stir to begin moving “As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir”
(v) stir mix or add by stirring “Stir nuts into the dough”