churn
verb/tʃɜːn/
/tʃɜːrn/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they churn | /tʃɜːn/ /tʃɜːrn/ |
| he / she / it churns | /tʃɜːnz/ /tʃɜːrnz/ |
| past simple churned | /tʃɜːnd/ /tʃɜːrnd/ |
| past participle churned | /tʃɜːnd/ /tʃɜːrnd/ |
| -ing form churning | /ˈtʃɜːnɪŋ/ /ˈtʃɜːrnɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] if water, mud, etc. churns, or if something churns it (up), it moves or is moved around violently
- churn (up) The water churned beneath the huge ship.
- churn something (up) Vast crowds had churned the field into a sea of mud.
- [intransitive, transitive] churn (something) if your stomach churns or if something churns your stomach, you feel a strong, unpleasant feeling of worry or fear
- My stomach churned as the names were read out.
- [transitive, intransitive] churn (somebody) (up) to make somebody feel upset or emotionally confused
- It churns me up inside to think what might have happened.
- Conflicting emotions churned inside him.
- [transitive] churn something to turn and mix milk in a special container in order to make butter
Word OriginOld English cyrin, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German kerne and Old Norse kirna.
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