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61churn — n. & v. n. 1 Brit. a large milk can. 2 a machine for making butter by agitating milk or cream. v. 1 tr. agitate (milk or cream) in a churn. 2 tr. produce (butter) in this way. 3 tr. (usu. foll. by up) cause distress to; upset, agitate. 4 intr.… …
62Churn drill — The churn drill is a large drilling machine that bores large diameter holes in the ground. In mining, they were used to drill into the soft carbonate rocks of lead and zinc hosted regions to extract bulk samples of the ore. They were common in… …
63churn — 1. verb /tʃɜː(r)n,tʃɚn/ a) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream …
64churn out — verb To produce a large quantity of (something) rapidly and easily. Barbara Cartland was renowned for her ability to churn out romantic novels …
65churn — Synonyms and related words: agitate, agitation, agitator, beat, beat up, beater, blender, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, brouhaha, bubble, bustle, cement mixer, churn up, clabber, clot, coagulate, colloid, colloidize, commotion, conturbation,… …
66churn staff — Mawdesley Glossary a weed with a flat round head. This weed is shaped like a miniature churn staff, with a straight stem and flat round head …
67churn up — see churn 2) …
68churn something out — produce something in large quantities and without much thought. → churn …
69churn — verb 1) Mae churned the milk Syn: stir, agitate, beat, whip, whisk 2) the sea churned Syn: heave, boil, swirl, toss, seethe; literary roil 3) propelle …
70churn out — they churn out at least twenty romance novels a year Syn: produce, make, turn out; informal crank out …
