churning Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
   churn.
   
2. verb be agitated
   moil; churn; roil; boil.
   
   • the sea was churning in the storm
3. adjective satellite moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation
   churned-up.
   
   • winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses
   • a car stuck in the churned-up mud
4. adjective satellite (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
   roiling; roiled; turbulent; roily.
   
   • the river's roiling current
   • turbulent rapids

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