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churn
[ churn ]
noun
- a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.
- any of various containers or machines similar in shape or action to a butter churn, as a device for mixing beverages.
- British. a large milk can.
- an act of churning stocks by a stockbroker.
verb (used with object)
- to agitate in order to make into butter:
to churn cream.
- to make (butter) by the agitation of cream.
- to shake or agitate with violence or continued motion:
The storm churned the sea.
- to turn over and over in the mind:
His brain slowly churned all the choices and possibilities.
- (of a stockbroker) to trade (a customer's securities) excessively in order to earn more in commissions.
verb (used without object)
- to operate a churn.
- to move or shake in agitation, as a liquid or any loose matter:
The leaves churned along the ground.
- to be changing rapidly or be in a confused state:
Her emotions churned as she viewed the horrific photos.
- to have a queasy feeling, as from anxiety or disgust:
My insides were churning at the thought of being on stage.
- (of a stockbroker) to engage in the practice of churning.
verb phrase
- to produce mechanically, hurriedly, or routinely:
He was hired to churn out verses for greeting cards.
churn
/ tʃɜːn /
noun
- a large container for milk
- a vessel or machine in which cream or whole milk is vigorously agitated to produce butter
- any similar device
- the number of customers who switch from one supplier to another
verb
- to stir or agitate (milk or cream) in order to make butter
- to make (butter) by this process
- sometimes foll by up to move or cause to move with agitation
ideas churned in his head
- (of a bank, broker, etc) to encourage an investor or policyholder to change investments, endowment policies, etc, to increase commissions at the client's expense
- (of a government) to pay benefits to a wide category of people and claw it back by taxation from the well off
- to promote the turnover of existing subscribers leasing, and new subscribers joining, a cable television system or mobile phone company
Derived Forms
- ˈchurner, noun
Other Words From
- churn·a·ble adjective
- churn·a·bil·i·ty [chur-n, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
- churn·er noun
- un·churn verb (used with object)
- un·churned adjective
- well-churned adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of churn1
Word History and Origins
Origin of churn1
Example Sentences
This technology is also used to predict outcomes, such as churn rates and the potential revenue a business could earn from a particular segment of customers.
Zuora, which makes a business out of selling subscription technology to different sectors, released its Subscription Economy Index across 1,000 clients last week and found that the pandemic has not increased churn rates for publishers.
It has more than a million subscribers and an impressively low churn rate.
That constant churn can make it difficult to figure out when a new card is really a big jump over what came before it.
This way, you can improve anything from increasing viewership on your blog to reducing customer churn.
Egg-laying hens are placed in cages to unnaturally churn out egg after egg.
Colleges churn out graduates and confer advanced degrees, but the scramble for jobs continues.
Entrepreneurial churn at a large newspaper keeps institutions fresher and individual talents nimbler.
In that industry, the financial churn that helps democracy thrive is alive and well among current—and former—stars.
Academics these days operate under enormous pressure to churn out high volumes of these publications.
I don't forget how I used to have to churn in a dash-churn, till my arms ached fit to drop off.
Martha laughed, and rolling the big, barrel-churn upon its side was more than delighted to see it fall apart, useless.
Mother thinks a dash-churn, stand and flap the dasher straight up and down till your arms and legs give out, is the best kind.
He strolled casually down to a rude stone wall and watched the tractor churn toward him.
This sour cream is put into the churn, and worked in the usual way until the butter separates.
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