churnverb
uk/tʃɜːn/us/tʃɝːn/churn verb (MOVE/MIX)
[ T ] also churn up to move something, especially a liquid, with great force:
[ T ] to mix milk until it becomes butter
[ I ] If your stomach is churning, you feel ill, usually because you are nervous:
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Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- agitate
- brandish
- flourish
- fluff sth up
- flutter
- jitter
- joggle
- resonate
- reverberate
- rocky
- shake
- stir sth up
- swing
- teeter
- throb
- totter
- tremble
- tremulous
- wag
- worry
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churn verb (CUSTOMERS)
[ I or T ] specialized business If customers churn between different companies that provide a particular service, they change repeatedly from one to another.
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Changing
- a new broom sweeps clean idiom
- about-turn
- alter
- alternate
- alternation
- bastardize
- convert
- move on
- move the goalposts idiom
- move with the times idiom
- new
- new broom
- onto
- reverse
- swing
- transfigure
- transform
- transitional
- transmogrify
- transmute
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churnnoun
uk/tʃɜːn/us/tʃɝːn/churn noun (CONTAINER)
[ C ] a large container for transporting milk or for making milk into butter:
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Containers for liquids and gases
- aerosol
- amphora
- barrel
- bottle
- bucket
- canister
- flask
- inkwell
- jar
- jeroboam
- jerrycan
- jug
- keg
- pitcher
- vacuum flask
- vase
- vat
- vial
- water bottle
- water tank
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churn noun (CUSTOMERS)
[ S or U ] specialized also churn rate business the number of customers who decide to stop using a service offered by one company and to use another company, usually because it offers a better service or price:
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Business - general words
- Age of Exploration
- B2B
- B2C
- back office
- big business
- corporate memory
- deal
- devolution
- devolve
- devolve sth to sb
- globalization
- mass market
- mass market
- nerve centre
- niche market
- offshore
- open market
- private
- private enterprise
- tender
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