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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation;
- Example: "winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses"
- Example: "a car stuck in the churned-up mud"
[syn: churning, churned-up]

2. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence;
- Example: "the river's roiling current"
- Example: "turbulent rapids"
[syn: churning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Churning \Churn"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who churns. [1913 Webster] 2. The quantity of butter made at one operation. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: churning, churned-up] 2: (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" [syn: churning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent]