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churn
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- pronunciation:
- chuhrn
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- churn out
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
an apparatus in which cream or milk is beaten or agitated to form butter.
First, the cream goes into the churn.- similar words:
- agitator, eggbeater, mixer, whisk
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
churns, churning, churned |
| definition 1: |
to beat or agitate in a churn to make butter.
She churned the cream.- similar words:
- agitate, beat, shake, whisk
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| definition 2: |
to produce (butter) by beating or agitating milk or cream.
Her task was to churn the butter.- similar words:
- make, manufacture, produce
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| definition 3: |
to agitate powerfully or vigorously.
A distant typhoon had churned the waves.- synonyms:
- agitate, beat, heave, rile, roil
- similar words:
- shake, stir, upheave, whip, whisk
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| related words: |
rile |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to produce butter through the use of a churn.
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| definition 2: |
to move with vigorous agitation.
The storm clouds churned in the blackening sky.The waves churned and took the ship under.- synonyms:
- roil, toss, whip
- similar words:
- boil, foam, froth, heave, moil, rage, seethe, shake, surge
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| phrase: |
churn out |
| derivation: |
churner (n.) |
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