CHURNING

churning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent

(adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; “the river’s roiling current”; “turbulent rapids”

churning, churned-up

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

churning

present participle of churn

Noun

churning (plural churnings)

The act by which something is churned.

The quantity of butter prepared (by churning) at one time.

Anagrams

• runching

Source: Wiktionary

Churn"ing, n.

1. The act of one who churns.

2. The quantity of butter made at one operation.

CHURN

Churn, n. Etym: [OE. chirne, cherne, AS. ceren, cyrin; akin to D. karn, Dan. kierne. See Churn, v. t.]

Definition: A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separete the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.

Churn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Churned; p. pr. & vb. n. Churning.] Etym: [OE. chernen, AS. cernan; akin to LG. karnen, G. kernen, D. karnen, Dan. kierne, Sw. kärna, 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.

Churn, v. i.

Definition: To perform the operation of churning.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition