n. & v.
--n.
1. Brit. a large milk-can.
2 a machine for making butter by agitating milk or cream.
--v.
1. tr. agitate (milk or cream) in a churn.
2 tr. produce (butter) in this way.
3 tr. (usu. foll. by up) cause distress to; upset, agitate.
4 intr. (of a liquid) seethe, foam violently (the churning sea).
5 tr. agitate or move (liquid) vigorously, causing it to foam.
Phrases and idioms:
churn out produce routinely or mechanically, esp. in large quantities.
Etymology: OE cyrin f. Gmc