<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter</li><li>any of various containers or machines similar in shape or action to a butter churn, as a device for mixing beverages</li><li>British, a large milk can</li><li>an act of churning stocks by a stockbroker</li><li>churn rate</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to agitate in order to make into butter; to churn cream</li><li>to make (butter) by the agitation of cream</li><li>to shake or agitate with violence or continued motion</li><li>to turn over and over in the mind</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to operate a churn</li><li>to move or shake in agitation, as a liquid or any loose matter</li><li>to be changing rapidly or be in a confused state</li><li>to have a queasy feeling, as from anxiety or disgust</li><li>to engage in the practice of churning</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to produce mechanically, hurriedly, or routinely</li></ul>