churn
churn /tʃ'ɜːrn/ (churns churning churned)
1 [N-COUNT] oft n N
A churn is a container which is used for making butter.
2 [VERB] V n, V-ed
If something churns water, mud, or dust, it moves it about violently.
Ferries churn the waters of Howe Sound from Langdale to Horseshoe Bay.
...unsurfaced roads now churned into mud by the annual rains.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P, V-ed P
Churn up means the same as churn.
The recent rain had churned up the waterfall into a muddy whirlpool...
Occasionally they slap the water with their tails or churn it up in play.
...muddy, churned-up ground.
3 [VERB] V, also V n
If you say that your stomach is churning, you mean that you feel sick. You can also say that something churns your stomach.
My stomach churned as I stood up...
= heavechurn out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
To churn out something means to produce large quantities of it very quickly. (INFORMAL)
He began to churn out literary compositions in English.churn up
see churn 2
1 [N-COUNT] oft n N
A churn is a container which is used for making butter.
2 [VERB] V n, V-ed
If something churns water, mud, or dust, it moves it about violently.
Ferries churn the waters of Howe Sound from Langdale to Horseshoe Bay.
...unsurfaced roads now churned into mud by the annual rains.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P, V-ed P
Churn up means the same as churn.
The recent rain had churned up the waterfall into a muddy whirlpool...
Occasionally they slap the water with their tails or churn it up in play.
...muddy, churned-up ground.
3 [VERB] V, also V n
If you say that your stomach is churning, you mean that you feel sick. You can also say that something churns your stomach.
My stomach churned as I stood up...
= heavechurn out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
To churn out something means to produce large quantities of it very quickly. (INFORMAL)
He began to churn out literary compositions in English.churn up
see churn 2