Main Entry:

²churn

Function:

verb

Date:

15th century

transitive verb

1: to agitate (milk or cream) in a churn in order to make butter2 a: to stir or agitate violently <an old stern-wheeler churning the muddy river> b: to make (as foam) by so doing3: to make (the account of a client) excessively active by frequent purchases and sales primarily in order to generate commissionsintransitive verb1: to work a churn2 a: to produce, proceed with, or experience violent motion or agitation <her stomach was churning> <churning legs> b: to proceed by or as if by means of rotating members (as wheels or propellers) <boats churning across the harbor>