breeze vs stir

breeze

noun
  • An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel. 

  • A light, gentle wind. 

  • Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength. 

  • Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker. 

  • Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult. 

  • A brief workout for a racehorse. 

  • A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae. 

verb
  • To take a horse on a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion. 

  • To blow gently. 

  • To move casually, in a carefree manner. 

  • To swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples in the surface. 

  • To buzz. 

stir

noun
  • agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. 

  • The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.) 

  • Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar. 

  • Jail; prison. 

  • Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions. 

verb
  • To incite to action. 

  • Of a feeling or emotion: to rise, begin to be felt. 

  • To disturb the relative position of the particles of (a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it. 

  • To begin to move, especially gently, from a still or unmoving position. 

  • To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself. 

  • To bring into debate; to agitate. 

  • To rise from sleep or unconsciousness. 

  • To disturb the content of (a container) by passing an object through it. 

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