Толковый словарь английского языка - churn
Churn
churn
I. noun Etymology: Middle English chyrne, from Old English cyrin; akin to Old Norse kjarni ~ Date: before 12th century a vessel for making butter in which milk or cream is agitated in order to separate the oily globules from the watery medium, II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb to agitate (milk or cream) in a ~ in order to make butter, 2. to stir or agitate violently , to make (as foam) by so doing, to make (the account of a client) excessively active by frequent purchases and sales primarily in order to generate commissions, intransitive verb to work a ~, 2. to produce, proceed with, or experience violent motion or agitation , to proceed by or as if by means of rotating members (as wheels or propellers)
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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. (of a liquid) seethe, foam violently (the churning sea). 5 tr. agitate or move (liquid) vigorously, causing it to foam. Phrases and idioms churn out produce routinely or mechanically, esp. in large quantities. Etymology: OE cyrin f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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