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unchurn

unchurn verb: hypothetically, to undo the churning of.

Verb

unchurn (third-person singular simple present unchurns, present participle unchurning, simple past and past participle unchurned)

  1. (transitive) Hypothetically, to undo the churning of.
    • When she did finally arrive, Maria wore a scowl that would have frightened cream into unchurning itself back into butter.2002, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, Dave Freer, The Shadow of the Lion
    • Karam stirred his lassi as if trying to unchurn the yoghurt.2012, Priya Basil, Ishq and Mushq, page 329

Forms of unchurn

third-person singular presentunchurns
present participleunchurning
past participleunchurned
pastunchurned

Origin of unchurn

From un- + churn.

Questions about unchurn

What does unchurn mean?
Unchurn means hypothetically, to undo the churning of.
What part of speech is unchurn?
Unchurn is a verb.
What is the past tense of unchurn?
The past tense of unchurn is unchurned.

Words near unchurn in the dictionary

  1. unchurchlike
  2. unchurchliness
  3. unchurchly
  4. unchurcht
  5. unchurlish
  6. unchurn
  7. unchurnable
  8. unchurned
  9. unchurning
  10. unchurns
  11. unci

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