stir

(noun): The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)
(noun): Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
(noun): Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
(noun): Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
(verb): To incite to action
(verb): To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate.
(verb): To agitate the content of (a container), by passing something through it.
(verb): To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
(verb): To change the place of in any manner; to move.
(verb): To move; to change one’s position.
(verb): To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
(verb): To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
(verb): To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.

Can you give the soup a little stir?
She stirred the pudding with a spoon.
Would you please stand here and stir this pot so that the chocolate doesn't burn?