Verb
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stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
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stimulate,
shake,
excite,
stir |
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enkindle,
elicit,
kindle,
provoke,
evoke,
arouse,
fire,
raise derive by reason; "elicit a solution"
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foment,
stir up,
agitate bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented"
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fuel stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism"
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sex,
wind up,
arouse,
turn on,
excite tell the sex (of young chickens)
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affright,
fright,
frighten,
scare cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
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tickle,
thrill,
vibrate touch or stroke lightly; "The grass tickled her calves"
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tempt,
invite try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
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elate,
lift up,
intoxicate,
uplift,
pick up fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
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enliven,
animate,
exalt,
invigorate,
inspire make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
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titillate excite pleasurably or erotically; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine"
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| shake up -
organize anew; "We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under"
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reorganize,
reorganise |
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organise,
organize bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"
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retool,
revise provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools
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change the arrangement or position of
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agitate,
vex,
disturb,
commove,
stir up,
raise up |
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displace,
move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
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scramble,
beat make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it"
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toss agitate; "toss the salad"
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rile,
roil make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
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poke make a hole by poking
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| shake up -
shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)
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succuss |
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agitate,
shake change the arrangement or position of
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| shake up -
make fuller by shaking; "fluff up the pillows"
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fluff up,
plump up |
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agitate,
shake change the arrangement or position of
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| shake up -
shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"
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jar,
bump around |
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displace,
move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
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