Sekirov Dictionary

churn

UK /tʃɜːn/US /t͡ʃɝn/

verb 8
noun 7
forms 5
phrases 2

verb8

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To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
- Now the cream is churned to make butter.
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To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
- I was so nervous that my stomach was churning.
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(figurative) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
- The slope of the terrain, shaped like a funnel, squeezed the growing swell of churning snow into a steep, twisting gorge. — 2012
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To stop using a company's product or service.
- Subscriptions can be ended or canceled, which is known as churn. If there are no subscriptions, a customer churns when they stop using the product. — 2020
(US, informal) To continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits.
To carry out wash sales in order to make the market appear more active than it really is.
(informal) To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions.
(Internet) To digest.

noun7

A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.
Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.
The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
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Cyclic activity that achieves nothing.
- Getting the right manager has just been made more difficult by not having Champions League to offer. There will also be a huge churn of players after the lavish, unrewarding outlay this season. — 2023
A milk churn (container for the transportation of milk).
The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.
(historical) The last grain cut at harvest; kern.

forms

churned · churning · churneth · churns · churnest

Phrases with churn

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