churn - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

churn · ​[intransitive, transitive] if water, mud, etc. · ​[intransitive, transitive] churn (something) if your stomach churns or if something churns your stomach ... Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofchurnverbfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary churnverb /tʃɜːn/ /tʃɜːrn/VerbFormspresentsimpleI/you/we/theychurn /tʃɜːn/ /tʃɜːrn/he/she/itchurns /tʃɜːnz/ /tʃɜːrnz/pastsimplechurned /tʃɜːnd/ /tʃɜːrnd/pastparticiplechurned /tʃɜːnd/ /tʃɜːrnd/-ingformchurning /ˈtʃɜːnɪŋ/ /ˈtʃɜːrnɪŋ/PhrasalVerbs jumptootherresults [intransitive,transitive]ifwater,mud,etc.churns,orifsomethingchurnsit(up),itmovesorismovedaroundviolentlychurn(up)Thewaterchurnedbeneaththehugeship.churnsomething(up)Vastcrowdshadchurnedthefieldintoaseaofmud. Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp. [intransitive,transitive]churn(something)ifyourstomachchurnsorifsomethingchurnsyourstomach,youfeelastrong,unpleasantfeelingofworryorfearMystomachchurnedasthenameswerereadout.TopicsFeelingsc2 [transitive,intransitive]churn(somebody)(up)tomakesomebodyfeelupsetoremotionallyconfusedItchurnsmeupinsidetothinkwhatmighthavehappened.Conflictingemotionschurnedinsidehim.[transitive]churnsomethingtoturnandmixmilkinaspecialcontainerinordertomakebutterWordOriginOldEnglishcyrin,ofGermanicorigin;relatedtoMiddleLowGermankerneandOldNorsekirna.PhrasalVerbschurnoutSeechurnintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionaryCheckpronunciation: churn Otherresults Allmatches churnnoun churn churnout churnratenoun churnrate churnrates churnsomethingout Phrasalverbs churnsomethingout Nearbywords churlishlyadverb churlishnessnoun churnverb churnnoun churnoutphrasalverb acceptable adjective     FromtheWordlist OPALwrittenwords OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay