Churn definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

5. to agitate in order to make into butter ; 6. to make (butter) by the agitation of cream ; 7. to shake or agitate with violence or continued motion ; 8. · to ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese EnglishDictionaryThesaurusSentencesConjugationGrammar Definitionof 'churn'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× churn (tʃɜːʳn ) Wordforms:plural,3rdpersonsingularpresent tensechurns ,presentparticiplechurning ,pasttense,pastparticiplechurned 1. countablenoun[oftnounNOUN]Achurnisacontainerwhichisusedformakingbutter. 2. verb Ifsomethingchurnswater,mud,ordust,itmovesitaboutviolently. Thepropellerchurnedthewaterandtheshipwasaway.[VERBnoun] ...unsurfacedroadsnowchurnedintomudbytheannualrains.[VERB-ed] Churnupmeansthesameaschurn. Therecentrainhadchurnedupthewaterfallintoamuddywhirlpool.[VERBPARTICLEnoun] Occasionallytheyslapthewaterwiththeirtailsorchurnitupinplay.[VERBnounPARTICLE] ...muddy,churned-upground.[VERB-edPARTICLE] 3. verb Ifyousaythatyourstomachischurning,youmeanthatyoufeelsick.Youcanalsosaythatsomethingchurnsyourstomach. MystomachchurnedasIstoodup.[VERB] Thesymptomsofanxiety-sweating,churningstomach-aresimilartothoseofexcitement.[VERB-ing] [AlsoVERBnoun] Phrasalverbs: Seechurnout Seechurnup MoreSynonymsofchurn CollinsCOBUILDAdvancedLearner’sDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof churn Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'churn' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'churn' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'definiendum' HindiTranslationof'churn' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency churninBritishEnglish (tʃɜːn ) noun1. British alargecontainerformilk 2. avesselormachineinwhichcreamorwholemilkisvigorouslyagitatedtoproducebutter 3. anysimilardevice 4. thenumberofcustomerswhoswitchfromonesuppliertoanother verb5. a. tostiroragitate(milkorcream)inordertomakebutter b. tomake(butter)bythisprocess 6. (sometimesfollbyup) tomoveorcausetomovewithagitation ideaschurnedinhishead 7. (ofabank,broker,etc)toencourageaninvestororpolicyholdertochangeinvestments,endowmentpolicies,etc,toincreasecommissionsattheclient'sexpense 8. (ofagovernment)topaybenefitstoawidecategoryofpeopleandclawitbackbytaxationfromthewelloff 9. topromotetheturnoverofexistingsubscribersleasing,andnewsubscribersjoining,acabletelevisionsystemormobilephonecompany CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformschurner(ˈchurner)noun WordoriginOldEnglishciern;relatedtoOldNorsekjarni,MiddleLowGermankernechurn,GermandialectKerncream WordFrequency churninAmericanEnglish (tʃɜrn ) noun1.  acontainerorcontrivanceinwhichmilkorcreamisbeaten,stirred,orshakentoformbutter 2. US theoccurrence,ratio,oramountofturnoverofinvestments,customers,commodities,etc. verbtransitive3.  tostir,beat,orshake(milkorcream)inachurn 4.  tomake(butter)inachurn 5.  tostirupvigorously 6.  toproduce(foam,etc.)bystirringvigorously 7. US tocausearapidturnoverof(aclient'sinvestments)sothatthebrokercanclaimcommissions verbintransitive8.  touseachurninmakingbutter 9.  tomoveorstirasifinachurn manyideaschurninginhisbrain Idioms:churnout Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEchirne