churn

/tʃɜrn/ v [I/T]

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› to move violently: [I] The water was churning and the boat was rocking. [M] The fish churned up the water when we threw them some food. [T] fig. Seeing the car ahead flip over churned his stomach. › To churn butter means to beat cream until it turns into butter using a special container.

(Definition of churn v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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