AGITATE


Meaning of AGITATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ædʒɪteɪt ]

( agitates, agitating, agitated)

1.

If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.

The women who worked in these mills had begun to agitate for better conditions.

VERB : V for n

2.

If you agitate something, you shake it so that it moves about. ( FORMAL )

All you need to do is gently agitate the water with a finger or paintbrush...

VERB : V n

3.

If something agitates you, it worries you and makes you unable to think clearly or calmly.

The thought of them getting her possessions when she dies agitates her.

VERB : V n

4.

see also agitation

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