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# agitate

verb (agitate, agitates, agitated, agitating)

«agitate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make someone feel worried, nervous or upset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitate/#m1)
2. To shake or stir a liquid hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitate/#m2)
3. To argue or campaign publicly to make a change happen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitate/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, agitate means shake or stir (washing machines agitate clothes). In history and civics, people agitate for rights. In stories, a character is agitated. Phrases: «agitate for/against».

### Examples

- The loud noise agitated the dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitate/#x1)
- Agitate the jar to mix the paint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitate/#x2)
- Workers agitated for better pay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitate/#x3)
- Don't agitate your sister before bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitate/#x4)
- The washing machine agitates the clothes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitate/#x5)
- Women agitated for the vote. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitate/#x6)
- "Remember that I am hatching eggs; it may agitate me, and will affect them." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitate/#x7)

### Note

Noun: agitation; person: agitator. Past: agitated. Formal compared with «upset» or «shake».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «agitate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«agitate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/agitate.html) on Mova free.