churn

«churn» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a container in which cream or milk is shaken or stirred… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (churn, churns, churned, churning); noun (a churn, churns)

meaning for a pupil

1) A churn is a container in which cream or milk is shaken or stirred to make butter. tree →

2) To churn is to stir or shake milk or cream to make butter. tree →

3) To churn is to move or stir water, mud or earth around violently: «The boat churned up the water.» tree →

4) If your stomach churns, you feel sick, often from worry. tree →

5) To churn out is to make lots of something quickly, often without care. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Proverbs compares how pressing milk makes butter with how stirring up anger makes quarrels. Tradition reads this as advice to keep the peace and not provoke wrath. In the primary lessons: In science and history lessons, butter-making in a churn shows how shaking cream turns it into butter and buttermilk (a change of state you can try in a jar). In stories, stormy seas churn and a nervous character's stomach churns. Phrases: «churn butter», «churn up», «my stomach churned», «churn out».

examples

• For the churning of milk bringeth forth curd, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. (Writings PRO.30.33, JPS 1917) tree →
• In the old days, people made butter in a wooden churn. tree →
• We shook cream in a jar to churn our own butter. tree →
• The tractor churned up the muddy field. tree →
• The boat's engine churned the water white. tree →
• My stomach churned before my turn on stage. tree →
• The waves churned around the rocks. tree →
• The factory churns out thousands of toys a day. tree →
• Farmers carried milk in metal churns. tree →
• "This good, rich milk," she mused, "will give me plenty of cream to churn. tree →

note

Past: churned. «Churn» rhymes with «turn». A «milk churn» is also a big metal can for carrying milk. Try at home: shake a jar of cream for about 10 minutes and butter appears.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «churn» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.