roil
v.
make turbid, make muddy; annoy, irritate
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roil
Verb
1. be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"
(synonym) churn, boil, moil
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) seethe, roll
2. make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
(synonym) rile
(hypernym) agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
(hyponym) muddle, puddle
Roil
(v.)
To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.
(v.)
To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex.
(v. i.)
To wander; to roam.
(v. i.)
To romp.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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To make muddy by stirring or to disturb sediment