Vi fant 12 definisjoner av stimulate på engelsk.
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| stimulate - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" | ||
| arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up | ||
| de-energise, de-energize deprive of energy | ||
| sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" | ||
| affect act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" | ||
| cathect inject with libidinal energy | ||
| reanimate, revivify, vivify, renovate, animate, recreate, quicken, repair, revive make more striking or animated; "his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story" | ||
| reinvigorate, invigorate impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating" | ||
| liven, liven up, enliven, animate, invigorate make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" | ||
| stimulate - stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" | ||
| excite, stir | ||
| sensitise, sensitize make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs" | ||
| jack off, jerk off, she-bop, wank, masturbate, fuck off get sexual gratification through self-stimulation | ||
| masturbate get sexual gratification through self-stimulation | ||
| horripilate cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; "Hitchcock movies horripilate me" | ||
| work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" | ||
| fellate, go down on, suck, blow provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation | ||
| thrill feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine" | ||
| whet, quicken sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone | ||
| disgust, gross out, revolt, repel cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" | ||
| stimulate - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" | ||
| shake, shake up, excite, stir | ||
| enkindle, elicit, kindle, provoke, evoke, arouse, fire, raise derive by reason; "elicit a solution" | ||
| foment, stir up, agitate bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented" | ||
| fuel stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism" | ||
| sex, wind up, arouse, turn on, excite tell the sex (of young chickens) | ||
| affright, fright, frighten, scare cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" | ||
| tickle, thrill, vibrate touch or stroke lightly; "The grass tickled her calves" | ||
| tempt, invite try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert" | ||
| elate, lift up, intoxicate, uplift, pick up fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" | ||
| enliven, animate, exalt, invigorate, inspire make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" | ||
| titillate excite pleasurably or erotically; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine" | ||
| stimulate - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates" | ||
| excite | ||
| stifle, dampen smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" | ||
| bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, affect, touch press or wedge together; pack together | ||
| invigorate, quicken impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating" | ||
| innervate stimulate to action; "innervate a muscle or a nerve" | ||
| irritate excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach" | ||
| stimulate - cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" | ||
| induce, cause, have, get, make | ||
| decide reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" | ||
| persuade cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" | ||
| bring bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail" | ||
| solicit make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to solicit" | ||
| encourage spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife" | ||
| let leave unchanged; "let it be" | ||
| lead cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" | ||
| instigate, prompt, inspire serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives" | ||
| suborn induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses" | ||
| compel, obligate, oblige force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" | ||
| stimulate - provide the needed stimulus for | ||
| provoke | ||
| challenge raise a formal objection in a court of law | ||
| entice, lure, tempt provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation" | ||
| rejuvenate become young again; "The old man rejuvenated when he became a grandfather" | ||
| jog stimulate to remember; "jog my memory" | ||
| instigate, incite, stir up, set off provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people" | ||
| foment, stir up, agitate bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented" | ||
| stimulate - cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" | ||
| induce, rush, hasten | ||
| effectuate, effect, set up produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave" | ||
