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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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adjective + (n.)churn
constant, still, wooden
verb + (n.)churn
chill, shake
(n.)churn
+ verb
dress, reply
noun + (n.)churn
boat, butter, factory, machine, milk, stomach, storm, unit, water, wind, yeti
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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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adverb + (v.)churn
ceaselessly, constantly, endlessly, faster, furiously, rapidly, regularly, slowly
(v.)churn
+ adverb
along, fast, inside, out, restlessly, round, steadily, upward, violently
(v.)churn
+ noun
account,
acid,
anger,
arm,
bile,
blade,
blockbuster,
cheese,
cloud,
column,
copy,
cream,
creek,
current,
dust,
earnings,
edition,
foam,
good,
grass,
hit,
hundreds,
ice,
mud,
mutant,
nutrient,
ocean,
oxygen,
pit,
product,
profit,
propeller,
protein,
quantity,
rumor,
sand,
shell,
shore,
slush,
soil,
soup,
surf,
surface,
tank,
ton,
toy,
tract,
volume,
wake,
wave,
wheel,
whitecaps
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| phrase: |
churn out |
| derivation: |
churner (n.) |
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