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   churn

   /tʃəːn/

   noun

   • 1. a machine for making butter by shaking milk or cream.
   • 2. a large metal container for milk: British "the fresh creamy milk sat in a churn in the kitchen"
   • 3. short for churn rate

   verb

   • 1. shake (milk or cream) in a machine in order to produce butter: "the cream is ripened before it is churned" Similar stiragitatebeatwhipwhisk
   • ▪ produce (butter) by churning milk or cream: "the women were churning butter and making cheese"
   • 2. (with reference to liquid) move or cause to move about vigorously: "the seas churned" Similar be turbulentheaveboilswirltossseethefoamfrothliterary:roildisturbstir upagitateruffleliterary:roil
   • ▪ break up the surface of (an area of ground): "vast crowds had churned the area into a sea of mud"
   • 3. have an unpleasant disturbed feeling: "her stomach was churning at the thought of the ordeal"
   • 4. (of a broker) encourage frequent turnover of (investments) in order to generate commission: "these brokers churn the client's portfolio to generate an income for themselves"

   Word Origin Old Englishcyrin, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German kerne and Old Norse kirna.

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   What does churn mean?

   • [ M ] The fish churned up the water when we threw them some food. [ T ] fig. Seeing the car ahead flip over churned his stomach. To churn butter means to beat cream until it turns into butter using a special container.

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   What is a butter churn?

   • A churn is a container that you fill with cream and then agitate until the cream becomes butter. You may have only bought butter at the store, but your ancestors probably used a traditional plunger-type churn to make their own. The verb churn means to mix cream until it turns into butter, separating out the buttermilk.

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   What is customer churn?

   • For our use case we’ll work through in this series — customer churn — we defined the business problem as increasing monthly active subscribers by reducing rates of churn. The machine learning problem is building a model to predict which customers will churn using historical data.

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   What does churner mean?

   • Define churner. churner synonyms, churner pronunciation, churner translation, English dictionary definition of churner. n. 1. A vessel or device in which cream or milk is agitated to separate the oily globules from the caseous and serous parts, used to make butter.

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   CHURN definition: 1. to move something, especially a liquid, with great force: 2. to mix milk until it becomes…. Learn more.

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   Churn can be a noun or a verb with different meanings related to butter, motion, or business. As a noun, churn can mean a container for making butter or a rate of customer loss or gain in a business. As a verb, churn can mean to stir or shake milk or cream, to produce or experience violent motion, or to make frequent trades in a brokerage account.

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   to move something, especially a liquid, with great force: The ocean was churned up by heavy winds. [ T ] to mix milk until it becomes butter. [ I ] If your stomach is churning, you feel sick, usually because you are nervous: I had my driving test that morning and my stomach was churning.

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   Churn can mean a device for making butter, a verb for agitating or changing something, or a noun for the rate of customer turnover. Learn how to use churn in different contexts and find related words.

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   Churn can be a noun for a container for making butter, or a verb for stirring, agitating, or changing something. Learn how to use churn in different contexts, such as business, weather, or stomach, with examples and synonyms.

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   A churn is a container that you fill with cream and then agitate until the cream becomes butter. You may have only bought butter at the store, but your ancestors probably used a traditional plunger-type churn to make their own.

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