'Churning' definitions:
Definition of 'churning'
From: WordNet
adjective
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: churning, churned-up]
adjective
Definition of 'Churning'
From: GCIDE
- Churning \Churn"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of one who churns. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The quantity of butter made at one operation. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Churning'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To shake or agitate with violence. [1913 Webster]
- Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose. --Addison. [1913 Webster]