Churn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A vessel or device in which cream or milk is agitated to separate the oily globules from the caseous and serous parts, used to make butter.
  • v. To agitate or stir (milk or cream) in order to make butter.
  • v. To make by the agitation of milk or cream: churn butter.
  • v. To shake or agitate vigorously: wind churning up the piles of leaves. See Synonyms at agitate.
  • v. To buy and sell (a client's securities) frequently, especially in order to generate commissions.
  • verb-intransitive. To make butter by operating a device that agitates cream or milk.
  • verb-intransitive. To move with or produce great agitation: waves churning in the storm; so angry it made my stomach churn.
  • phrasal-verb. churn out To produce in an abundant and automatic manner: churns out four novels a year.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
  • v. To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
  • v. To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
  • n. A vessel used for churning.
  • n. The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
  • n. The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers, expressed by the formula Customer Quits/Customer base.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.
  • v. To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.
  • v. To shake or agitate with violence.
  • verb-intransitive. To perform the operation of churning.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A vessel in which cream or milk is agitated for the purpose of separating the oily parts from the caseous and serous parts, to make butter.
  • To stir or agitate in order to make into butter: as, to churn cream.
  • To make by the agitation of cream: as, to churn butter.
  • To shake or agitate with violence or continued motion, as in the operation of making butter.
  • To perform the act of churning, or an act resembling it.
  • n. A block or chuck on a potter's turning-lathe.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
  • n. a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
  • v. be agitated
  • Verb Form
    churned    churning    churns   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stir    vessel   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    churned    churning    churn out   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bern    Berne    Fern    Hearn    Herne    Kern    Laverne    Stern    Sterne    Verne   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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