Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.).

    arouse or excite feelings and passions

  2. (transitive)To mix (ingredients) by stirring.

    разме́шиватьrazméšivatʹ, размеша́тьrazmešátʹ

  3. (transitive)To move or disturb slightly; to make turbid.

    entfachen

Examples

35 sentences

  1. He's here trying to stir up trouble.

    ruОн здесь пытается устроить неприятности.

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  2. Tom seems to be trying to stir up trouble.

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  3. I don't want to stir things up.

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  4. I don't want to stir up old memories.

    ruЯ не хочу ворошить старое.

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  5. Going back to Australia stirred up some painful memories for Tom.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to mix ingredients:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cause (trouble, etc.):

Forms

stirs up, stirring up, stirred up, stirred up
Base formstir up · to stir up
3rd person singularstirs up
Present participlestirring up
Past simplestirred up
Past participlestirred up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystir up
he, she, itstirs up

Past simpleLesson

all personsstirred up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stirred up
he, she, ithas stirred up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stir up

Synonyms

62 synonyms
provokeC1gooseC1fuelB1sendA2cheerA2drawA1driveA2encourageA2engenderC2evokeC1grillB1induceC2invokeB2motiveB1
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stipulateC2stipulationC2stirB1stirrupstitchB2
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