churning : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: churning	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for churning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
churning adj 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" Synonym(s): churning, churned-up (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" Synonym(s): churning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Churning \Churn"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who churns. 2. The quantity of butter made at one operation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Churn \Churn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Churned} (ch[ucir]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Churning}.] [OE. chernen, AS. cernan; akin to LG. karnen, G. kernen, D. karnen, Dan. kierne, Sw. k[84]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.