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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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