CHURN


Meaning of CHURN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tʃɜ:(r)n ]

( churns, churning, churned)

1.

A churn is a container which is used for making butter.

N-COUNT : oft n N

2.

If something churns water, mud, or dust, it moves it about violently.

Ferries churn the waters of Howe Sound from Langdale to Horseshoe Bay.

...unsurfaced roads now churned into mud by the annual rains.

VERB : V n , V-ed

Churn up means the same as churn .

The recent rain had churned up the waterfall into a muddy whirlpool...

Occasionally they slap the water with their tails or churn it up in play.

...muddy, churned-up ground.

PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V n P , V-ed P

3.

If you say that your stomach is churning , you mean that you feel sick. You can also say that something churns your stomach.

My stomach churned as I stood up...

= heave

VERB : V , also V n

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