churn
/tʃɜːn/noun
उच्चारण चर्न
मथानी, मथने का बर्तन
Core word
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[C]
a container in which milk or cream is shaken to make butter
मथानी, मथने का बर्तन
- Her grandmother still makes butter in a wooden churn.
- The dairy still uses a wooden churn to make white butter.
- Villagers in the dairy co-operative still use a hand churn for making ghee.
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- The churn was filled with fresh cream before dawn.
- She turned the handle of the churn for nearly half an hour.
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[C] British
a large metal container used in the past for carrying milk from a farm
दूध का बड़ा डिब्बा, दूध की केन
- milk churns standing at the farm gate
- Dairy workers loaded the heavy churns onto the early train.
- Rows of steel milk churns waited on the platform for the morning train.
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- The old dairy museum displays a milk churn from the 1920s.
- Farmers once hauled full churns to the village road by cart.
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[U] business
the number of customers who stop using a company's product or service over a particular period of time
(ग्राहकों का) छोड़कर जाना, ग्राहक-हानि
- The company is trying to reduce customer churn.
- High prices lead to churn as customers switch to other networks.
- Telecom firms spend heavily on offers to cut churn among prepaid users.
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- The report says monthly churn fell to two per cent after the new plan.
- A better app helped the bank lower customer churn last year.
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[T] ~ sth
to shake milk or cream in a special container in order to make butter
मथना, बिलोना
- The curd is churned to get butter and buttermilk.
- Churn the buttermilk until the butter floats to the top.
- Grandmother used to churn the curd every morning before breakfast.
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- The cream was churned slowly until small lumps of butter formed.
- Have you ever churned butter by hand?
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[I, T] ~ (sth) (up)
(of water, mud or other liquids) to move or to make something move about violently
(पानी या कीचड़ का) उथल-पुथल होना या करना
- The boat's propellers churned the water.
- The river churned below the bridge.
- Heavy rain churned the football pitch into mud.
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- The floodwater churned around the bridge pillars.
- Wheels churned up the dirt track as the jeep sped away.
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[I]
if your stomach churns, you feel sick, usually because you are nervous or upset
(घबराहट से) जी मिचलाना, पेट में मरोड़ उठना
- My stomach churned as I waited for the result.
- His stomach churned with worry before the interview.
- Her stomach churned when she saw the long queue of examiners.
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- The smell of the fish market made his stomach churn.
- Radhika felt her stomach churn as the plane began to shake.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
churn (transitive verb: butter)
To churn milk or cream is to shake or stir it hard to make butter. The thing being churned is the direct object.
दूध या मलाई को churn करने का अर्थ है उसे ज़ोर से मथकर मक्खन बनाना। जिसे मथा जाए, वह direct object होता है।
- The women churned curd to make butter.
- My grandmother churns lassi every morning.
churn (intransitive: movement)
Water, mud or smoke churns when it moves about violently. A person's stomach churns when they feel sick or nervous.
पानी, कीचड़ या धुआँ जब हिंसक रूप से घूमता है तो churn करता है। घबराहट या मिचली में पेट churn करता है।
- The river churned after the heavy rain.
- My stomach churned before the interview.
churn out / churn up
Churn out means to produce large quantities quickly, often of low quality. Churn up means to disturb the surface of the ground or water.
Churn out का अर्थ बड़ी मात्रा में, प्रायः कम गुणवत्ता का, जल्दी बनाना है। Churn up का अर्थ ज़मीन या पानी की सतह को उथल-पुथल करना है।
- The factory churns out thousands of bottles a day.
- The tractor churned up the wet soil.
churn (noun)
A churn is the container used for making butter. In business, churn is the rate at which customers leave a service.
Churn मक्खन बनाने का बर्तन है। व्यापार में churn वह दर है जिस पर ग्राहक किसी सेवा को छोड़ देते हैं।
- An old wooden churn stood in the kitchen.
- The company aims to reduce customer churn.
+Collocations 5
churn + dairy
buttermilkcurdcreambuttermilk
- She churned curd into buttermilk.
churn + natural force
watermudwavesstormsmoke
- The waves churned around the rocks.
churn out + product
goodsreportsnovelsbrickscopies
- The press churned out thousands of copies.
stomach churn
stomach churnsfeel sicknervousfeardisgust
- His stomach churned at the sight of blood.
business churn
customer churnchurn ratereduce churnhigh churn
- The telecom firm has a high churn rate.
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- In the village, women churn butter early in the morning.
गाँव में महिलाएँ सुबह जल्दी मक्खन मथती हैं।
- The motorboat churned the river into white foam.
मोटरबोट ने नदी को सफ़ेद झाग में बदल दिया।
- My stomach churned as the result was announced.
जब परिणाम घोषित हुआ तो मेरा पेट मचल उठा।
- Cheap guidebooks are churned out every year with little care.
सस्ती गाइडबुकें हर वर्ष बिना ध्यान दिए भारी मात्रा में छाप दी जाती हैं।
- Radhika watched the monsoon waters churn under the bridge.
राधिका ने मानसून का पानी पुल के नीचे उफनते देखा।
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✗ She churned out the milk to get butter.
✓ She churned the milk to get butter.
Churn out means to produce in bulk; to make butter from milk, churn takes the milk as its direct object.
Churn out का अर्थ बड़ी मात्रा में बनाना है; मक्खन बनाने के लिए churn का object दूध होता है।
✗ My stomach is churn with fear.
✓ My stomach is churning with fear.
The present continuous needs the -ing form after is.
Present continuous में 'is' के बाद -ing रूप चाहिए।
→Phrasal verbs 2
churn sth out
(informal, often disapproving) to produce something quickly and in large amounts, often without caring about quality
धड़ाधड़ (बिना गुणवत्ता की परवाह के) बनाना
- The factory churns out thousands of toys a day.
- She churns out a new novel every year.
churn sth up
to damage the surface of the ground by walking or driving on it
(चलकर या गाड़ी से) ज़मीन खोद-खाद देना
- The tractors had churned up the field.