Hypertext Webster Gateway: "churning"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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["a]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.
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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