Main Entry: ²churn

Function: verb

Date: 15th century

transitive verb

1 : to agitate (milk or cream) in a churn in order to make butter
2 a : to stir or agitate violently <an old stern-wheeler churning the muddy river> b : to make (as foam) by so doing
3 : to make (the account of a client) excessively active by frequent purchases and sales primarily in order to generate commissionsintransitive verb 1 : to work a churn
2 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>