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churning

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churning
Firing one group of employees and hiring another. As companies move into newer, high-tech ventures, they often eliminate employees with older skills while bringing on new people who have computer programming, networking and Web experience. In short, stay computer literate! It pays to read this publication often. See churn rate.
churning [′chərn·iŋ]
(food engineering)
A mechanical mixing process used to separate the fat phase from a fat-water system; universally used in the manufacture of butter.


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He upset the churn yesterday and spilled a big churning of cream over the yard.
"To think," she moaned, "that after having ruled as Queen, and lived in a palace, I must go back to scrubbing floors and churning butter again
But when I'm home in Kansas I'm only a country girl, and have to help with the churning and wipe the dishes while Aunt Em washes 'em.
 
 
 
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