Churning

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Churn \Churn\, v. t. [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[aum]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.
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     2. To shake or agitate with violence.
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              Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose.
                                                    --Addison.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Churning \Churn"ing\, n.
     1. The act of one who churns.
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     2. The quantity of butter made at one operation.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  churning
       adj 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}]