Thursday, August 2, 2018

STIR

WORD: STIR

MEANING:
1. To change position slightly: The leaves were stirring in the breeze. 2. a. To start to move, especially in rising from sleep: The house was quiet, as no one had stirred yet. b. To move about actively or busily: People were stirring about the office. c. To move away from a customary or usual place or position: instructed the guards not to stir from their posts. 3. a. To stir or mix a liquid or mixture: stood at the counter stirring. b. To be capable of being stirred: a mixture that stirs easily. 4. To happen or begin: when the civil rights movement first stirred. 5. To be roused or affected by strong feelings: "His wrath so stirred within him, that he could have struck him dead" (Charles Dickens).

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Maharashtra Bandh: Maratha Groups Call Off Quota Stir

PRONOUNCE:
stir - स्टर

LINK: STIR

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