Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to churn sb up
Participle: churned sb up
Gerund: churning sb up
Indicative
Present
| I | churn sb up |
| you | churn sb up |
| he;she;it | churns sb up |
| we | churn sb up |
| you | churn sb up |
| they | churn sb up |
Perfect
| I | have churned sb up |
| you | have churned sb up |
| he;she;it | has churned sb up |
| we | have churned sb up |
| you | have churned sb up |
| they | have churned sb up |
Past
| I | churned sb up |
| you | churned sb up |
| he;she;it | churned sb up |
| we | churned sb up |
| you | churned sb up |
| they | churned sb up |
Pluperfect
| I | had churned sb up |
| you | had churned sb up |
| he;she;it | had churned sb up |
| we | had churned sb up |
| you | had churned sb up |
| they | had churned sb up |
Future
| I | will churn sb up |
| you | will churn sb up |
| he;she;it | will churn sb up |
| we | will churn sb up |
| you | will churn sb up |
| they | will churn sb up |
Future Perfect
| I | will have churned sb up |
| you | will have churned sb up |
| he;she;it | will have churned sb up |
| we | will have churned sb up |
| you | will have churned sb up |
| they | will have churned sb up |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | churn sb up |
| you | churn sb up |
| he;she;it | churn sb up |
| we | churn sb up |
| you | churn sb up |
| they | churn sb up |
Perfect
| I | have churned sb up |
| you | have churned sb up |
| he;she;it | have churned sb up |
| we | have churned sb up |
| you | have churned sb up |
| they | have churned sb up |
Imperfect
| I | churned sb up |
| you | churned sb up |
| he;she;it | churned sb up |
| we | churned sb up |
| you | churned sb up |
| they | churned sb up |
Pluperfect
| I | had churned sb up |
| you | had churned sb up |
| he;she;it | had churned sb up |
| we | had churned sb up |
| you | had churned sb up |
| they | had churned sb up |
Conditional
Present
| I | would churn sb up |
| you | would churn sb up |
| he;she;it | would churn sb up |
| we | would churn sb up |
| you | would churn sb up |
| they | would churn sb up |
Perfect
| I | would have churned sb up |
| you | would have churned sb up |
| he;she;it | would have churned sb up |
| we | would have churned sb up |
| you | would have churned sb up |
| they | would have churned sb up |
Imperative
| you | churn sb up |
| we | Let's churn sb up |
| you | churn sb up |
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:]