CHURN

v. prepare butter by agitating cream; shake or agitate with violent motion

n. vessel in which butter is made

Churn may mean:Churn (river), a river running through Gloucestershire.Butter churn, a device used for churning butter.Churn rate, the average number of customers that leave a subscription service during a year.Churn (economics), the process by which jobs are regularly created and destroyed as technology changes.Churn (album), a 1993 music album by New Zealand rock band Shihad.Churn (Seven Mary Three album), a 1994 music album by Virginian rock band Seven Mary Three. Churning may refer to:Churning (stock trade), the excessive buying and selling of stocks by a trader such as a broker to generate large commission fees.Churning (butter), the process of creating butter out of milk or cream.Churning (person), the excessive talking or rambling on by a person.
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Noun
1. a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
(synonym) butter churn
(hypernym) vessel
Verb
1. stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
(hypernym) stir
(derivation) butter churn
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation
2. be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"
(synonym) boil, moil, roil
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) seethe, roll

(v. t.)
To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.
  

(v. t.)
To shake or agitate with violence.
  

(v. t.)
A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.
  

(v. i.)
To perform the operation of churning.
  

the turnover of TV channel subscribers/number of disconnections, loss of customers; usually shown in percentages.