Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of operating a churn.
  • noun The motion of a churn, or a motion which resembles that of a churn.
  • noun As much butter as is made at one time.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of one who churns.
  • noun The quantity of butter made at one operation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of churn.
  • noun The act by which something is churned.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation
  • adjective (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence

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