| Front | churn |
|---|---|
| Back | verb, nounBrE /tʃɜːn/NAmE /tʃɜːrn/ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive] if water, mud, etc. churns, or if sth churns it (up), it moves or is moved around violently~ (up)The water churned beneath the huge ship.~ sth (up) Vast crowds had churned the field into a sea of mud. 2 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) if your stomachchurns or if sth churns your stomach, you feel a strong, unpleasant feeling of worry, disgust or fearMy stomach churned as the names were read out. 3 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sb) (up) to feel or to make sb feel upset or emotionally confusedConflicting emotions churned inside him. 4 [transitive] ~ sth to turn and stir milk in a special container in order to make butterˌchurn sthˈout(informal, often disapproving) to produce sth quickly and in large amountsShe churns out novels at the rate of three a year. noun  word origin 1 a machine in which milk or cream is shaken to make butter 2 (BrE) a large metal container in which milk was carried from a farm in the past |
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