 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
churning
adjective
1: moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation;
"winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses";
"a car stuck in the churned-up mud" [syn: {churned-up}]
2: (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence;
"the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" [syn: {roiling},
{roiled}, {roily}, {turbulent}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Churning \Churn"ing\, noun
1. The act of one who churns.
2. The quantity of butter made at one operation.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Churn \Churn\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Churned} (ch[^u]rnd); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Churning}.] [OE. chernen, AS. cernan; akin to LG.
karnen, G. kernen, D. karnen, Dan. kierne, Sw. k["a]rna, and
also to E. corn, kernel, the meaning coming from the idea of
extracting the kernel or marrow. See {Kernel}.]
1. To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in
order to make butter.
2. To shake or agitate with violence.
Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose.
--Addison.
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