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

churn \churn\, v. t. imp.  p. p. churned ch^urnd; p. pr.
    vb. n. churning. oe. chernen, as. cernan; akin to lg.
   karnen, g. kernen, d. karnen, dan. kierne, sw. kaumrna, 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
see also:
churned churning kernel 

[2] : 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

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
churned-up roiling roiled roily turbulent 

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