churn

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: chû(r)n, IPA ^(key): /tʃɜː(r)n/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /tʃɚn/

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Verb

Plain form churn

Third-person singular churns

Past tense churned

Past participle churned

Present participle churning

1. (transitive) If you churn something, you stir it quickly and multiple times.

   To make butter, we churn the milk.

2. (intransitive) If something churns, it moves around a lot.

   I was so nervous my stomach was churning.

Noun

Singular churn

Plural churns

1. (countable) A churn is a machine that churns things.

   Put the milk in the butter churn.