Synonyms of the word churn


CHURNBOIL - MOIL - MOVE - ROIL - STIR - VESSEL

churn

  • v. (transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally…
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or…
  • v. (intransitive) To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
  • v. (informal, travel, aviation) (in a booking system) to repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order…
  • n. A vessel used for churning.
  • n. (telecommunications) The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
  • n. (telecommunications) The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers, expressed by the formula Customer…
  • n. Cyclic activity that achieves nothing.

boil

  • n. A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
  • n. The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
  • n. A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
  • n. (rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.
  • v. (transitive) To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To cook in boiling water.
  • v. (intransitive) Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
  • v. (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.
  • v. (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.
  • v. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
  • v. (obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
  • v. To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
  • v. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

moil

  • v. To toil, to work hard.
  • v. To churn continually.
  • v. (Britain, transitive) To defile or dirty.
  • n. Hard work.
  • n. Confusion, turmoil.
  • n. A spot; a defilement.
  • n. (glassblowing) The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching…
  • n. (glassblowing, blow molding) The excess material which adheres to the top, base, or rim of a glass object…
  • n. (glassblowing) The metallic oxide from a blowpipe which has adhered to a glass object.

move

  • v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
  • v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
  • v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
  • v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
  • v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
  • v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
  • v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
  • v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
  • n. The act of moving; a movement.
  • n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
  • n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
  • n. The event of changing one's residence.
  • n. A change in strategy.
  • n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
  • n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

roil

  • v. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
  • v. To annoy; to make someone angry.
  • v. (intransitive) To bubble, seethe.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To wander; to roam.
  • v. (obsolete, Britain, dialect, intransitive) To romp.

stir

  • v. (transitive, dated) To change the place of in any manner; to move.
  • v. (transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something…
  • v. (transitive) To agitate the content of (a container) by passing something through it.
  • v. (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
  • v. (transitive) To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
  • v. (intransitive) To move; to change one’s position.
  • v. (intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
  • v. (intransitive) To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
  • v. (intransitive, poetic) To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.
  • n. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
  • n. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
  • n. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
  • n. (slang) Jail; prison.

vessel

  • n. (nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat.
  • n. A craft designed for transportation through air or space.
  • n. (uncountable, obsolete or dialectal) Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals.
  • n. A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.
  • n. A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
  • n. (biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To put into a vessel.

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