churn

verb

/tʃɜːn/

/tʃɜːrn/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they churn	/tʃɜːn/ /tʃɜːrn/
he / she / it churns	/tʃɜːnz/ /tʃɜːrnz/
past simple churned	/tʃɜːnd/ /tʃɜːrnd/
past participle churned	/tʃɜːnd/ /tʃɜːrnd/
-ing form churning	/ˈtʃɜːnɪŋ/ /ˈtʃɜːrnɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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[intransitive, transitive] if water, mud, etc. churns, or if something churns it (up), it moves or is moved around violently
- churn (up) The water churned beneath the huge ship.
- churn something (up) Vast crowds had churned the field into a sea of mud.
[intransitive, transitive] churn (something) if your stomach churns or if something churns your stomach, you feel a strong, unpleasant feeling of worry or fear
- My stomach churned as the names were read out.
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[transitive, intransitive] churn (somebody) (up) to make somebody feel upset or emotionally confused
- It churns me up inside to think what might have happened.
- Conflicting emotions churned inside him.
[transitive] churn something to turn and mix milk in a special container in order to make butter

Word OriginOld English cyrin, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German kerne and Old Norse kirna.

noun

/tʃɜːn/

/tʃɜːrn/

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a machine in which milk or cream is shaken to make butter
(British English) a large metal container in which milk was carried from a farm in the past
(also churn rate)
(business) the number of people who stop using a product and change to another or who leave the company they work for and go to another

Word OriginOld English cyrin, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German kerne and Old Norse kirna.