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stir

/stəː/

US pronunciation
American sound/stəː/
stir
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

US voice -> stir

Myanmar meaning

(v) မွှေ

Full entry

stir /stɜ:(r)/ v (-rr- )

၁။ (က) ~ sth (with sth) မွှေသည်။ I've put sugar in your tea but I haven't stirred it. ❍ Stir continuously until the mixture thickens. (ခ) ~ sth into sth ;~ sth in မွှေသည်။ ခေါက်သည်။ Stir the dried fruit into the flour mixture. ❍ Stir in enough milk to form a soft dough.
၂။ မွှေသည်။ မွှေ့သည်။ ထသည်။ ။ A gentle breeze stirred the leaves. ❍ Not a leaf was stirring (ie There was no wind to move the leaves). ❍ No one stirs in this house before eight o'clock. ❍ It's time to stir yourself and get to work.
၃။ ~ sb (to sth) လှုံ့ဆော်သည်။ a story that stirs the imagination ❍ She was stirred to anger by the injustice of it all.
၄။ နိုးကြွလာသည်။ နိုးကြားသည်။ A sense of longing began to stir in him. ❍ There is a new optimism in the country—things are stirring.
n
၁။ [C] မွှေခြင်း။ Give the rice a stir.
၂။ [sing] ဂယက် ရိုက်ခြင်း။ အုတ်အော်သောင်းတင်း။ ဥက္ကောဋေယျ။ Her resignation caused quite a stir.
❏ stir the blood [IDM ] စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားစေသည်။ music that really stirs the blood.
❏ stir-fry v (pt, pp -fried ) ဆီပူထိုးသည်။ ကြော်သည်။
n ဆီပူထိုး။ …ကြော်။
❏ stirrer /'stɜ:rǝ(r)/n (infml derog ) ခလောက်ဆန်သူ။
❏ stirring / 'stɜ:rÇŋ / adj လွန်စွာစိတ်လှုပ်ရှား ထိခိုက်စေသော။ a stirring TV drama.
n ~ (of sth) နိဒါန်းပျိုးခြင်း။ အစပျိုးခြင်း။ the first faint stirrings of revolution.
❏ stir one's stumps [IDM ] (dated Brit infml ) ပိုမို ခြေ သွက်လာသည်။
❏ stir sb up [PHRV ] လှုံ့ဆော်သည်။ သွေးထိုးသည်။ stir up peasants to revolt.
❏ stir sth up [PHRV]
၁။ လှုံ့ဆော်သည်။ မြှောက်ပေးသည်။ ဂြိုဟ်မွှေသည်။ stir up trouble/ unrest/ discontent.
၂။ မွှေနှောက်သည်။ stir up the mud at the bottom of the pond.

More examples
  • Stir the sauce gently over a low heat.
  • [stir well/thoroughly] : Add the cream and stir thoroughly.
  • [stir anger/hatred/fears] : This murder has stirred a lot of ill feeling in the community.
  • The latest economic figures have stirred fears of growing inflation.
  • [stir hopes/excitement/interest] : Approaching elections have stirred hopes of reform.
  • Seeing George again stirred old memories in me.
  • A faint memory stirred in my mind.
  • A feeling of excitement stirred in her.
  • The white curtains stirred gently in the summer breeze.
  • Around 7.30 am, the children begin stirring sleepily.
  • She didn’t stir from her house for three days.
  • Stop stirring!
Synonyms
mix, blend, beat, swirl, fold, whip, whisk, abet, activity, actuate, add fuel to fire, adjy, ado, affect, agitate, agitation, animate, arouse, awake, awaken, backwash, be up and about, bestir, blending, bring back, budge, bustle, call to mind, cause feeling, challenge, commotion, craze, din, disorder, disquiet, disturb, disturbance, drive, electrify, energize, excite, excitement, exert, feed the fire, ferment, fire up, flap, flurry, flutter, foment, furor, fuss, galvanize, get a move on, get going, get moving, get up, hasten, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, kindle, look alive, make an effort, make waves, mill about, mingling, mix up, mixing, mixture, motivate, move, move about, movement, pandemonium, pother, prompt, provoke, psych, quicken, quiver, racket, raise, rally, revive, rile, rouse, roust, rout, row, rustle, scene, set, shake, shake a leg, shift, spark, spook, spur, stimulate, stimulation, stir embers, stir up, stirring, switch on, thrill, to-do, toss, touch, tremble, trigger, trouble, tumult, turmoil, uproar, upset, urge, vitalize, wake, wake up, waken, whet, whip up, whirl, whirlwind, work up
Antonyms
bore, calm, calmness, dampen, deaden, depress, discourage, disenchant, dishearten, dissuade, divide, dull, go to sleep, halt, harmony, hinder, impede, inactivity, laze, laziness, leave alone, lose, lull, moderation, order, peace, prevent, put out, quiet, repress, rest, retard, separate, slow, soothe, stop, surrender, tranquilize, unmix, wait, weaken
Cross references
mixblendbeatswirlfoldwhipwhiskabetactivityactuateadd fuel to fireadjyadoaffectagitateagitationanimatearouseawakeawakenbackwashbe up and aboutbestirblendingbring backbudgebustlecall to mind
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