[stəː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move a spoon or other implement round in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly
(e.g: Desmond stirred his tea and ate a biscuit)

- move or cause to move slightly
(e.g: nothing stirred except the wind)

- arouse strong feeling in (someone); move or excite
(e.g: they will be stirred to action by what is written)


Phrases:
- stir one's stumps
- stir the blood
- stir the pot

Origin:
Old English styrian, of Germanic origin; related to German stören ‘disturb’

[stəː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a slight physical movement
(e.g: I stood, straining eyes and ears for the faintest stir)

- a commotion
(e.g: the event caused quite a stir)

- an act of stirring food or drink
(e.g: he gives his Ovaltine a stir)


Phrases:
- stir one's stumps
- stir the blood
- stir the pot

Origin:
Old English styrian, of Germanic origin; related to German stören ‘disturb’

[stəː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- prison
(e.g: I've spent twenty-eight years in stir)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: perhaps from Romani sturbin ‘jail’