Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to churn
Participle: churned
Gerund: churning
Indicative
Present
| I | churn |
| you | churn |
| he;she;it | churns |
| we | churn |
| you | churn |
| they | churn |
Perfect
| I | have churned |
| you | have churned |
| he;she;it | has churned |
| we | have churned |
| you | have churned |
| they | have churned |
Past
| I | churned |
| you | churned |
| he;she;it | churned |
| we | churned |
| you | churned |
| they | churned |
Pluperfect
| I | had churned |
| you | had churned |
| he;she;it | had churned |
| we | had churned |
| you | had churned |
| they | had churned |
Future
| I | will churn |
| you | will churn |
| he;she;it | will churn |
| we | will churn |
| you | will churn |
| they | will churn |
Future Perfect
| I | will have churned |
| you | will have churned |
| he;she;it | will have churned |
| we | will have churned |
| you | will have churned |
| they | will have churned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | churn |
| you | churn |
| he;she;it | churn |
| we | churn |
| you | churn |
| they | churn |
Perfect
| I | have churned |
| you | have churned |
| he;she;it | have churned |
| we | have churned |
| you | have churned |
| they | have churned |
Imperfect
| I | churned |
| you | churned |
| he;she;it | churned |
| we | churned |
| you | churned |
| they | churned |
Pluperfect
| I | had churned |
| you | had churned |
| he;she;it | had churned |
| we | had churned |
| you | had churned |
| they | had churned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would churn |
| you | would churn |
| he;she;it | would churn |
| we | would churn |
| you | would churn |
| they | would churn |
Perfect
| I | would have churned |
| you | would have churned |
| he;she;it | would have churned |
| we | would have churned |
| you | would have churned |
| they | would have churned |
Imperative
| you | churn |
| we | Let's churn |
| you | churn |
Verbs conjugated like 'churn'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'churn'
churr,
burn,
chain,
char,
chare,
chark,
charm,
chart,
chaun,
chin,
Additional Information
Etymology
Noun from Middle English chyrne, cherne, kyrne ( > Scots kirn), from Old English ċyrn, ċyrin, ċirin (“churn”), from Proto-Germanic *kirnijǭ (“churn”); verb from Middle English chyrnen from Old English ċernan, from Proto-Germanic *kirnijaną (“to churn, stir”), of unknown origin. Cognate with West Frisian tsjerne, Dutch karn, Walloon serene, German Karn, Kirne, Norwegian Bokmål kjerne, Danish kærne, Swedish kärna, Icelandic kirna. See: Middle English '
chyrnen', Proto-Germanic '
*kirnijaną', Wallon 'serene', Norwegian '
kjerne', Danish '
kærne', Swedish '
kärna', Icelandic '
kirna'.
Verbs referencing "churn"
Swedish
kärna, Danish
kærne.
Sample Sentences
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Now the cream is churned to make butter.
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no-churn ice cream
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Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose. [1717, Joseph Addison, Metamorphoses:]
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The slope of the terrain, shaped like a funnel, squeezed the growing swell of churning snow into a steep, twisting gorge. [2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Times:]
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I was so nervous that my stomach was churning.
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Subscriptions can be ended or canceled, which is known as churn. If there are no subscriptions, a customer churns when they stop using the product. [2020, Carl S. Gold, Fighting Churn with Data, page 5:]