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   churn

   /tʃəːn/

   noun

   • 1. a machine for making butter by shaking milk or cream.
   • 2. a large metal container for milk: British "the fresh creamy milk sat in a churn in the kitchen"
   • 3. short for churn rate

   verb

   • 1. shake (milk or cream) in a machine in order to produce butter: "the cream is ripened before it is churned" Similar stiragitatebeatwhipwhisk
   • ▪ produce (butter) by churning milk or cream: "the women were churning butter and making cheese"
   • 2. (with reference to liquid) move or cause to move about vigorously: "the seas churned" Similar be turbulentheaveboilswirltossseethefoamfrothliterary:roildisturbstir upagitateruffleliterary:roil
   • ▪ break up the surface of (an area of ground): "vast crowds had churned the area into a sea of mud"
   • 3. have an unpleasant disturbed feeling: "her stomach was churning at the thought of the ordeal"
   • 4. (of a broker) encourage frequent turnover of (investments) in order to generate commission: "these brokers churn the client's portfolio to generate an income for themselves"

   Word Origin Old Englishcyrin, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German kerne and Old Norse kirna.

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   What does churn mean?

   • [ M ] The fish churned up the water when we threw them some food. [ T ] fig. Seeing the car ahead flip over churned his stomach. To churn butter means to beat cream until it turns into butter using a special container.

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   What is a butter churn?

   • A churn is a container that you fill with cream and then agitate until the cream becomes butter. You may have only bought butter at the store, but your ancestors probably used a traditional plunger-type churn to make their own. The verb churn means to mix cream until it turns into butter, separating out the buttermilk.

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   Why is my stomach churning?

   • The sea was churned up by heavy winds. If your stomach is churning, you have a slight feeling that you are going to vomit, usually because you are nervous. (Definition of churn from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) 晃動／混合, 劇烈攪動（尤指液體）, 翻攪… 晃动／混合, 剧烈搅动（尤指液体）, 翻搅… agitar, revolver, batir… agitar, revolver, bater…

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   What does chirne mean in English?

   • Middle English chirne, cherne, going back to Old English cirm (erroneously for cirin or cirn), cyrin, going back to Germanic *kernō, kernōn (whence also Middle Dutch keerne, kerne "butter churn," Middle Low German kerne, karne, kirne, Old Norse kirna —in kirnuaskr "churn pail"), of uncertain origin

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   Will inspection of churns still be a duty of the local authority?

   • The inspection of churns will still be the duty of the local authority. However, as long as they are linked up, the stuff will continue to be churned out. More and more records were indeed churned out of the governmental machine. One achieves nothing; one is only churning the money over.

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   What happens if customers churn between different companies?

   • If customers churn between different companies that provide a particular service, they change repeatedly from one to another. The butter was made in a wooden churn, which had a long handle with a flat, round paddle to beat the cream. People used to churn their own butter with a butter churn.

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   A churn is a container that you fill with cream and then agitate until the cream becomes butter. You may have only bought butter at the store, but your ancestors probably used a traditional plunger-type churn to make their own.

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    Churn can be a verb meaning to mix something with great force, to have a slight feeling of vomiting, or to make butter. It can also be a noun for a container for milk or butter.