churn
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
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
- 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
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