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anaerobies (medicine)


anaerobies
<biology> Microorganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it.

Origin: Gr. Priv. +, air + life.

Source: Websters Dictionary


stir(4) (iou)



stir verb. Infl. -rr-.

I. verb trans.
Move, set in motion; esp. cause to make a slight or momentary movement; disturb, move gently to and fro. OE.
G. Vidal A faint breeze stirred the dust.
b. Utter, cause (a voice or sound) to be heard. Also, make (a gesture). OE-E17.
c. Move (a thing) from the normal place or position; shift, displace. Usu. in neg. contexts. Now rare or obsolete. OE.
B. Franklin Laying heavy burdens on men's shoulders, which they themselves would not stir.
d. Move (a limb etc.), esp. slightly. Usu. in neg. contexts. ME.
Sir W. Scott Thy companion had been slain by thy side,..without thy stirring a finger in his aid.
e. Brandish; wield (a weapon). ME-E17.
f. Cause to move along or away; drive, convey. ME-L16.
g. Rouse or disturb with a push or prod. L16.
refl. Move or walk about; take Exercise; move from one's place. Now rare or obsolete exc. as passing into senses 9 and 12. OE.
F. Fuller The more a Man stirs himself, the more Animal Spirits are made in the Brain.
Move or agitate with an implement, device, etc.; spec. (a) move a spoon or Other instrument round and round in (a liquid, a soft mass, etc.) so as to mix the ingredients or constituents; (b) poke (a fire) so as to encourage burning; (c) (now Scot.) plough or turn up (earth); spec. replough, cross-plough. OE.
S. Leacock I..stirred the fire into a blaze. G. Vidal Enid stirred the martini with her forefinger.
fig. Disturb, trouble; put into tumult or confusion. obsolete exc. Scot. & dial. OE.
a. Of a Food, medicine, etc.: act as a stimulant to, stimulate physically. OE-L17.
b. Rouse from rest or inaction; excite to activity. OE.
T. S. Eliot April is the cruellest month..stirring Dull roots with spring rain.
Move to increased action; urge, incite, instigate. Formerly also, prompt, (try to) persuade; exhort, entreat. OE.
G. F. Kennan It was only the Socialists..who could stir the war-weary..army to a new military effort.
Excite or arouse (passion); prompt or evoke (anger, affection, suspicion, a memory, etc.); arouse feeling or emotion in, affect (strongly), move. OE.
H. Roth He had been strangely stirred by..Sternowitz's short narrative. J. Wain Still calm, still not stirred to any damaging or ennobling depths. Anne Stevenson Her eventful life..could not have failed to stir Sylvia's imagination. New Yorker A hammering excitement that no Other university has ever stirred in me.
b. Instigate or set in train (unrest, commotion, etc.). OE-M17.
c. Provoke, annoy; tease. Austral. colloq. L20.
Bring into notice or debate; raise or moot (a subject or question). Now rare. OE.
refl. Rouse oneself to action or from a lethargic state; begin to act briskly; busy oneself to do something. Formerly also, fight valiantly. ME.
K. Crossley-Holland Time your companions stirred themselves. Tell them to get up and dress.
II. verb intrans.
Be capable of movement; be (continuously) in motion. Also, move or pass from one place to another. OE-M17.
G. Herbert While rocks stand, And rivers stirre.
Begin to move; make a slight movement, move to and fro; move slightly (usu. in neg. contexts). Also, show signs of life or consciousness. OE.
E. Mittelholzer At length Ramgolall stirred, for the pale finger of dawn had touched his sleeping brain. J. Carey A world in which you can hardly stir without wounding someone.
b. Leave, go out of a building or (esp.) one's Home. Usu. in neg. contexts. Freq. foll. by abroad, forth, out of. L15.
P. Auster He does not even contemplate stirring from his room.
c. (Of a plant) show signs of growth (rare); fig. (of an idea, an intellectual movement, etc.) begin to become apparent, show outward signs of activity or development. M19.
Of emotion, feeling, etc.: be roused or excited. OE.
Be astir; get up; be out of bed, be up and about. ME.
A. Ransome People were stirring in the camp.
b. Esp. of news: be in circulation, be current. Now rare. LME.
c. Happen, take place; be happening or afoot. E16.
R. Davies Nothing much was stirring in the outdoor carnival line till mid-May.
Move briskly; be on the move, be busy or active. Also (fig.), be active or occupied about something; instigate action (foll. by in). ME.
Sir W. Scott Friends in parliament, capable of stirring in so weighty an affair. Thackeray Her husband stirred and bustled about.
b. Make a commotion or tumult; rise in revolt or insurrection. Long rare or obsolete. ME.
c. Cause trouble; be a source of irritation, make a nuisance of oneself. colloq. (chiefly Austral.). M20.
Phrases, & with adverbs in specialized senses: stir a finger: see FINGER noun. stir in mix (an added ingredient) with a substance by stirring. stir it colloq. cause trouble; upset a settled or harmonious state of affairs. stir one's stumps: see STUMP noun1. stir the possum: see POSSUM noun. stir up (a) set in motion, agitate; mix together thoroughly by stirring; (b) rouse to action or emotion; rouse from apathy; incite (revolt, trouble, etc.); (c) rouse from sleep or rest; (d) excite; induce; stimulate (feeling or emotion).