churn

Universal Words verb, noun verb 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. 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