'Churn' definitions:
Definition of 'churn'
From: WordNet
noun
A vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk [syn: churn, butter churn]
verb
Stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
verb
Definition of 'Churn'
From: GCIDE
- Churn \Churn\, v. i. To perform the operation of churning. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Churn'
From: GCIDE
- Churn \Churn\ (ch[^u]rn), n. [OE. chirne, cherne, AS. ceren, cyrin; akin to D. karn, Dan. kierne. See Churn, v. t.] 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Churn'
From: GCIDE
- Churn \Churn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Churned (ch[^u]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Churning.] [OE. chernen, AS. cernan; akin to LG. karnen, G. kernen, D. karnen, Dan. kierne, Sw. k[aum]rna, and also to E. corn, kernel, the meaning coming from the idea of extracting the kernel or marrow. See Kernel.]
- 1. To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To shake or agitate with violence. [1913 Webster]
- Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'churn'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitate,
- agitation,
- agitator,
- beat,
- beat up,
- beater,
- blender,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- boil,
- boiling,
- brouhaha,
- bubble,
- bustle,
- cement mixer,
- churn up,
- clabber,
- clot,
- coagulate,
- colloid,
- colloidize,
- commotion,
- conturbation,
- convulse,
- cream,
- crucible,
- curdle,
- disarrange,
- discompose,
- discomposure,
- disorder,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- disturb,
- disturbance,
- ebullition,
- eggbeater,
- embroilment,
- emulsifier,
- emulsify,
- emulsionize,
- excite,
- excitement,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- fidgets,
- flap,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutteration,
- foam,
- foment,
- fret,
- fume,
- fuss,
- hubbub,
- hurly-burly,
- incrassate,
- inquietude,
- inspissate,
- jell,
- jellify,
- jelly,
- jiggler,
- jitters,
- jumpiness,
- lopper,
- maelstrom,
- malaise,
- melting pot,
- mixer,
- moil,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- paddle,
- perturb,
- perturbate,
- perturbation,
- restlessness,
- rile,
- ripple,
- roil,
- roughen,
- rout,
- row,
- ruffle,
- rumple,
- seethe,
- seething,
- shake,
- shake up,
- shaker,
- simmer,
- smolder,
- stew,
- stir,
- stir up,
- swirl,
- thicken,
- to-do,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- trouble,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- turbidity,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- twitter,
- unease,
- unrest,
- upset,
- vibrator,
- whip,
- whip up,
- whisk,
- work up