to stir up

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• Stir frying — (爆 bào) in the wok Stir frying is an umbrella term used to describe two Chinese cooking techniques for preparing food in a wok: chǎo (炒) and bào (爆). The term stir fry was introduced into the English language by B …   Wikipedia

• ştir — s.m. Nume dat la trei plante erbacee, dintre care una cu tulpina ramificată, cu flori verzi dispuse în ghemuleţe rotunde şi cu frunze comestibile (Amaranthus angustifolius), alta cu tulpina dreaptă, solidă şi păroasă, cu flori verzi, mărunte,… …   Dicționar Român

• stir-fry — stir fries, stir frying, stir fried 1) VERB If you stir fry vegetables, meat, or fish, you cook small pieces of them quickly by stirring them in a small quantity of very hot oil. This method is often used in Chinese cookery. [V n] Stir fry the… …   English dictionary

• Stir — Stir, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stirred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stirring}.] [OE. stiren, steren, sturen, AS. styrian; probably akin to D. storen to disturb, G. st[ o]ren, OHG. st[=o]ren to scatter, destroy. [root]166.] 1. To change the place of in any… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stir Crazy (restaurant) — Stir Crazy is a restaurant chain serving Asian style stir fry food and other Asian dishes. Stir Crazy features a Market Bar or build your own stir fry menu, where the customer creates a custom stir fry dish from about 30 different vegetables,… …   Wikipedia

• stir — vb Stir, rouse, arouse, awaken, waken, rally can all mean to cause to shift from quiescence or torpor into activity. Stir, often followed by up, usually presupposes excitement to activity by something which disturbs or agitates and so brings to… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• stir-fry — stir fry1 past tense and past participle stir fried present participle stir frying third person singular stir fries v [T] to cook small pieces of food quickly by moving them around continuously in very hot oil ▪ stir fried vegetables stir fry 2… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Stir crazy — may refer to:*Stir crazy (condition), a mental condition experienced by prisoners * Stir Crazy (film), a 1980 comedy film *Stir Crazy (restaurant), a US restaurant chain *Stir Crazy (TV series), a short lived 1985 CBS sitcom *Stir Crazy (song), a …   Wikipedia

• stir — stir̃ interj. kartojant kojų kratymui stimpant, galuojantis nusakyti: Pelytė stir̃ stir̃ – ir gatava Ds. ║ viksnojimui nusakyti: Avelė su uodega stirena: stir̃ stir̃ stir̃ uodegėlė Ds …   Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language

• stir — [n] commotion, excitement activity, ado, agitation, backwash*, bustle, din, disorder, disquiet, disturbance, ferment, flap*, flurry, furor, fuss, movement, pandemonium, pother, racket, row, scene, to do*, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl,… …   New thesaurus

• stir — stir1 [stʉr] vt. stirred, stirring [ME stirien < OE styrian: see STORM] 1. to move, shake, agitate, etc., esp. slightly 2. to change the position of slightly; displace [to stir a log] 3. to rouse from sleep, lethargy, indifference, etc …   English World dictionary