Churn

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  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Turbulence or agitation.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To agitate or stir (milk or cream) in order to make butter.
  • intransitive verb. To make by the agitation of milk or cream.
  • intransitive verb. To agitate vigorously or turn over repeatedly: synonym: agitate.
  • intransitive verb. To buy and sell (a client's securities) frequently, especially in order to generate commissions.
  • intransitive verb. To make butter by operating a device that agitates cream or milk.
  • intransitive verb. To be turbulent or agitated.
  • intransitive verb. To move by agitating water or by means of a pumping action.
  • phrasal verb. To produce in an abundant and regular manner.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A block or chuck on a potter's turning-lathe.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To perform the operation of churning.
  • noun. 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.
  • transitive verb. To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.
  • transitive verb. To shake or agitate with violence.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
  • verb. To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
  • verb. To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
  • noun. A vessel used for churning.
  • noun. The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
  • noun. The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers, expressed by the formula Customer Quits/Customer base.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
  • noun. a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
  • verb. be agitated
  • Word Usage
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    stir  vessel  
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    Bern  Berne  Fern  Hearn  Herne  
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    churned  churning  churns