STIR UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stir up mean? 

• STIR UP (verb)
  The verb STIR UP has 4 senses:

1. try to stir up public opinion
2. arouse or excite feelings and passions
3. change the arrangement or position of
4. provoke or stir up

  Familiarity information: STIR UP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STIR UP (verb)

Meaning:

Try to stir up public opinion

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

agitate; foment; stir up

Hypernyms (to "stir up" is one way to...):

provoke; stimulate (provide the needed stimulus for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stir up"):

rumpus (cause a disturbance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Meaning:

Arouse or excite feelings and passions

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

fire up; stir up; heat; ignite; wake; inflame

Context examples:

The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor / The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world / Wake old feelings of hatred

Hypernyms (to "stir up" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stir up"):

ferment (work up into agitation or excitement)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Change the arrangement or position of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

raise up; commove; disturb; vex; stir up; shake up; agitate

Hypernyms (to "stir up" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stir up"):

beat; scramble (stir vigorously)

toss (agitate)

rile; roil (make turbid by stirring up the sediments of)

poke (stir by poking)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Provoke or stir up

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

instigate; incite; stir up; set off

Context examples:

incite a riot / set off great unrest among the people

Hypernyms (to "stir up" is one way to...):

provoke; stimulate (provide the needed stimulus for)

Cause:

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stir up"):

raise (activate or stir up)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE