1 ~ (sth) (up) if water, mud, etc. churns, or if sth churns it (up), it moves or is moved around violently:
[V] The water churned beneath the huge ship. * [VN] Vast crowds had churned the field into a sea of mud.
2 if your stomach churns or if sth churns your stomach, you feel a strong, unpleasant feeling of worry, disgust or fear:
[V] My stomach churned as the names were read out. [also VN]
3 ~ (sb) (up) to feel or to make sb feel upset or emotionally confused:
[V] Conflicting emotions churned inside him. [also VN]
4 [VN] to turn and stir milk in a special container in order to make butter
PHRASALVERBS
churn sth<->out (informal, often disapproving) to produce sth quickly and in large amounts:
She churns out novels at the rate of three a year.
Part of speech: noun
1 a machine in which milk or cream is shaken to make butter
2 (BrE) a large metal container in which milk was carried from a farm in the past
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