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1. (n.) churn
a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.
2. churn
any of various similar machines, as for mixing beverages.
3. (v.t.) churn
to agitate in order to make into butter:
to churn cream.
4. churn
to make (butter) by the agitation of cream.
5. churn
to shake or agitate:
The storm churned the sea.
6. churn
(of a stockbroker) to trade (a customer's securities) excessively in order to earn more in commissions.
7. (v.i.) churn
to operate a churn.
8. churn
to move or shake in agitation.
9. churn
churn out, to produce mechanically and in abundance.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME chirne (n.), OE cyrne cyr(i)n; c. MLG kerne, ON kjarni, kirna)
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| Definition of 'churn' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) churn, butter churn
a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
2. (verb) churn
stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
3. (verb) churn, boil, moil, roil
be agitated
"the sea was churning in the storm"
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| Definition of 'churn' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) churn
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
2. (verb) churn
to stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter
3. (verb) churn
to shake or agitate with violence
4. (verb) churn
to perform the operation of churning
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Sense: a machine for making butter.
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 Afrikaans: karring |
 Arabic: مِمْخَضَةُ الزُّبْدَه |
 Bulgarian: машина за биене на масло |
 Brazilian: batedeira |
 Czech: máselnice |
 German: das Butterfaß |
 Danish: kærne |
 Greek: μηχανή παρασκευής βούτυρο |
 Spanish: mantequera |
 Estonian: koorekirn |
 Farsi: دستگاه کره گیر |
 Finnish: kirnu |
 French: baratte |
 Hebrew: מַחבֶצָה |
 Hindi: मथने की नाद, मटकी |
 Croatian: stepka, stap, bućkalica |
 Hungarian: köpű |
 Indonesian: mesin keju |
 Icelandic: strokkur |
 Italian: zangola |
 Japanese: かく乳器 |
 Korean: 교유기 |
 Lithuanian: muštuvis |
 Latvian: ķērne |
 Malay: penggodak |
 Dutch: karn |
 Norwegian: (smør)kjerne |
 Polish: maselnica |
 Persian: دستگاه کره گیر |
 Pashto: مټۍ، غړكه، مندونى |
 Portuguese: batedeira |
 Romanian: aparat de bătut untul |
 Russian: маслобойка |
 Slovak: maselnica |
 Slovenian: pinja |
 Serbian: bućkalica |
 Swedish: [smör]kärna |
 Thai: เครื่องทำเนย |
 Turkish: yayık |
 Taiwanese: (製作奶油的)攪乳器 |
 Ukrainian: маслобійка |
 Urdu: مکھن بنانے والی مشین |
 Vietnamese: thùng đánh kem làm bơ |
 Chinese: 搅乳器 |
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