Churning

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}]
    

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.
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   2. To shake or agitate with violence.
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            Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose.
                                                  --Addison.
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Churning \Churn"ing\, n.
   1. The act of one who churns.
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   2. The quantity of butter made at one operation.
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