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Churn

Churn Meaning & Definition
Churn Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Churn?

[n] a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
[v] stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
[v] be agitated; of liquids

Synonyms | Synonyms for Churn: boil | butter churn | moil | roil

Related Terms | Find terms related to Churn: agitate | agitation | agitator | beat | beat up | beater | blender | bluster | bobbery | boil | boiling | brouhaha | bubble | bustle | cement mixer | churn up | clabber | clot | coagulate | colloid | colloidize | commotion | conturbation | convulse | cream | crucible | curdle | disarrange | discompose | discomposure | disorder | disquiet | disquietude | disturb | disturbance | ebullition | eggbeater | embroilment | emulsifier | emulsify | emulsionize | excite | excitement | ferment | fermentation | fever | feverishness | fidgets | flap | flurry | fluster | flutteration | foam | foment | fret | fume | fuss | hubbub | hurly-burly | incrassate | inquietude | inspissate | jell | jellify | jelly | jiggler | jitters | jumpiness | lopper | maelstrom | malaise | melting pot | mixer | moil | nerviness | nervosity | nervousness | paddle | perturb | perturbate | perturbation | restlessness | rile | ripple | roil | roughen | rout | row | ruffle | rumple | seethe | seething | shake | shake up | shaker | simmer | smolder | stew | stir | stir up | swirl | thicken | to-do | trepidation | trepidity | trouble | tumult | tumultuation | turbidity | turbulence | turmoil | twitter | unease | unrest | upset | vibrator | whip | whip up | whisk | work up

See Also | move | roll | seethe | stir | vessel

Churn In Webster's Dictionary

\Churn\ (ch[^u]rn), n. [OE. chirne, cherne, AS. ceren, cyrin; akin to D. karn, Dan. kierne. See {Churn}, v. t.] 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.
\Churn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Churned} (ch[^u]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Churning}.] [OE. chernen, AS. cernan; akin to LG. karnen, G. kernen, D. karnen, Dan. kierne, Sw. k["a]rna, and also to E. corn, kernel, the meaning coming from the idea of extracting the kernel or marrow. See {Kernel}.] 1. To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter. 2. To shake or agitate with violence. Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose. --Addison.
\Churn\, v. i. To perform the operation of churning.

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