lawn, noun, /lɔn/
1 an area of ground in a garden or park that is covered with short grass.
I spent all morning mowing the lawn (=cutting the grass).
a carefully tended lawn.
2 a fine cloth made from cotton or linen.
tractor, noun, /'træktɚ/
a strong vehicle with large wheels, used for pulling farm machinery.
oar, noun, /ɔr/
1 a long pole with a wide flat blade at one end, used for rowing a boat → paddle.
2 put/stick/get your oar in (British English) to get involved in a conversation or situation when the other people do not want you to.
We were getting along fine until you stuck your oar in.
churn, verb, /tʃɝn/
1 if your stomach churns, you feel sick because you are nervous or frightened.
My stomach was churning on the day of the exam.
2 (also churn up) if water, mud etc churns, or if something churns it, it moves about violently.
We watched the ocean churn.
3 if a machine, engine, wheel etc churns, it or its parts begin to move。
I pressed the gas pedal, and slowly the wheels began to churn.
4 to make milk by using a churn.
5 churn something out (phrasal verb)
to produce large quantities of something, especially without caring about quality.
She’s been churning out novels for 20 years.
6 churn somebody/something up (phrasal verb)
1) churn something up to damage the surface of the ground, especially by walking on it or driving a vehicle over it.
The lawn had been churned up by the tractor.
2) churn something up to move water, mud etc around violently.
The oars had churned up the mud, clouding the water.
3) (British English) to make someone upset or angry.
Though she looked calm, in reality she was churned up inside.
churn, noun, /tʃɝn/
1 a container used for shaking milk in order to make it into butter
2 (also milk churn)(British English) a large metal container used to carry milk in.
3 the number of people who stop buying or using a company’s products or services during a particular period.
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