To agitate with the hand or an implement so as to alter the relative position of the parts of. a liquid, or a soft or semi-liquid mass; esp. to…

To mix or stir up (a liquid); hence sometimes, to render turbid, pollute, spoil, destroy; sometimes, to agitate, trouble: to disturb (joy, peace…

transitive. To disturb, agitate, ruffle (water, air, etc.); esp. to stir up (water) so as to make it thick or muddy; to make (wine) thick by…

transitive. To pollute or contaminate (water). Chiefly figurative and in figurative contexts. Obsolete.

transitive. To cloud (water) by stirring up mud or sediment at the bottom, esp. for the purpose of catching fish. Also in extended use. Also intrans…

transitive. To cloud (water) by stirring up mud or sediment.

transitive. To make (water) turbid, murky, or cloudy; to muddy. Also figurative: to disturb, perturb; to trouble; to confuse. Formerly also intrans…

transitive. To mix up or mingle confusedly; to confuse, disturb; to make (water) turbid. Obsolete.

transitive. To make (a liquid) turbid; to render (a colour) dull and dirty-looking. Also (in extended use): to make impure. Occasionally intransitive.

transitive. To make (a liquid) muddy or turbid, to cloud.

transitive. To render turbid; to disturb, confuse.

To shake together for the purpose of combining or mixing; to shake (a liquid) so as to stir up the sediment.