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Verb
/CHərn/,
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churns, plural;
  1. Agitate or turn (milk or cream) in a machine in order to produce butter
    • - the cream is ripened before it is churned
  2. Produce (butter) in such a way

  3. (of liquid) Move about vigorously
    • - the seas churned
    • - her stomach was churning at the thought of the ordeal
  4. Cause (liquid) to move in this way
    • - in high winds most of the lake is churned up
  5. Break up the surface of (an area of ground)
    • - the earth had been churned up where vehicles had passed through
  6. (of a broker) Encourage frequent turnover of (investments) in order to generate commission

Noun
  1. A machine or container in which butter is made by agitating milk or cream

  1. a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
  2. stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
  3. be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"
  4. (churning) moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation; "winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses"; "a car stuck in the churned-up mud"
  5. (churning) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids"
  6. Churn is an album of recorded music by Shihad, released in New Zealand by Wildside Records on 12 July 1993 and in Europe on 25 June 1994 on Modern Music.
  7. The River Churn is one of the Cotswold rivers that feeds into the River Thames catchment. It arises at Seven Springs (on the A436 road) near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England and flows south across the Cotswold dip slope, passing through Cirencester and joining the River Thames near Cricklade ...
  8. Churn is the debut studio album by American post-grunge band Seven Mary Three. It was independently released and preceded the band's mainstream breakthrough, American Standard. Churn also included two songs that would go on to be among Seven Mary Three's biggest singles. ...
  9. (Churning (cipher)) Churning is an encryption function used to scramble downstream user data of the ATM passive optical network system defined by the ITU G.983.1 standard.
  10. (Churning (milk)) Churning is the process of shaking up whole milk (or cream) to make butter, and various forms of butter churn have been used for the purpose. ...
  11. (Churning (stock trade)) Churning is the practice of executing trades for an investment account by a salesman or broker in order to generate commission from the account. ...
  12. A vessel used for churning; The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider; The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers, expressed by the formula Customer Quits/Customer base; To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally ...
  13. (churning) The act by which something is churned
  14. (churned) shake or stir; agitate
  15. (Churning) To dream of churning, you will have difficult tasks set you, but by diligence and industry you will accomplish them and be very prosperous. To the farmer, it denotes profit from a plenteous harvest; to a young woman, it denotes a thrifty and energetic husband.
  16. (CHURNING) Excessive trading of a client's account in order to increase the broker's commissions.
  17. (Churning) Excessive trading of a stock within an account by an authorized individual that has control over the account. This practice is illegal.
  18. (Churning) The practice whereby a BROKER dealing in SECURITIES abuses the confidence of a client for personal gain by unnecessarily trading stocks to earn more commissions.
  19. (Churning) a condition wherein a stock trades within a relatively narrow range as a result of an even balance of aggressiveness among buyers and sellers. ...
  20. (Churning) Excessive trading of an account by a broker with control of the account for the purpose of generating commissions while disregarding the interests of the customer.
  21. (Churning) A failing location acquired by the franchisor and resold to a franchisee even though the franchisor felt that the location had a high chance of failure regardless of ownership. ...
  22. (Churning) An dishonorable practice employed by some brokers to add to their commissions by excessively trading in a consumers account.
  23. (Churning) Classically, the excessive, repeated purchase and sale of securities for no evident valid economic purpose, which in turn generates commissions for the broker, resulting in erosion of the value of the account. ...
  24. (Churning) Hesitation in a trend, usually leading to a reaction. Volume is normally relatively high (after an advance), with limited price progress.
  25. (Churning) If a broker buys and sells securities in your investment account at an excessive rate, it's known as churning. One indication that your account is being churned is that you end up paying more in commissions than you earn on your investments. Churning is illegal but is often hard to prove.