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Definition of Churning

1. Adjective. Moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation. "A car stuck in the churned-up mud"

2. Adjective. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence. "Turbulent rapids"

Definition of Churning

1. n. The act of one who churns.

Definition of Churning

1. Verb. (present participle of churn) ¹

2. Noun. The act by which something is churned. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Churning

1. the butter churned at one time [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Churning

churlishnesses churls churly churmuri churn churn out churn up churnable churnalism churnalist

churnalists churned churned-up churner churners churning (current term) churningly churnings churns churr

churrascaria churrasco churred churrigueresco churrigueresque churring churro churros churrs churrus

Literary usage of Churning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Scientific Agriculture: Or The Connection Between Science and by John Pitkin Norton (1860)
"The time occupied in churning, is also a matter of much consequence. Several churns have been exhibited lately, which will make butter in from 3 to 10 ..."

2. Domestic Animals, History and Description of the Horse, Mule, Cattle, Sheep by Richard Lamb Allen (1856)
"If the quality be really as good by this quick churning, the alleged inferiority in the quality of butter churned quickly in the common churn cannot be due ..."

3. Scientific Butter-making by William H. Lynch (1883)
"If the buttermilk be made thin by thinning the cream before churning the grain will be better protected during churning. ..."

4. The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis, Criticism by Julian Hawthorne, John Russell Young, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh, John Porter Lamberton (1906)
"THE churning OF THE OCEAN. AMONG the Brahman beliefs rejected by the Buddhists, one is that extreme asceticism confers on men supernatural power. ..."

5. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"In former times the churning vessel, the churning-stick, ... Looking at the kaf'it flower, make the churning- stick to look like the bulbous flower! ..."

6. Milk and Its Products: A Treatise Upon the Nature and Qualities of Dairy by Henry Hiram Wing (1897)
"When the churning process is complete, the buttermilk takes on a thin, bluish, watery appearance, quite distinct from the thicker creamy appearance of the ..."

7. Principles and Practice of Butter-making: A Treatise on the Chemical and by George Lewis McKay (1908)
"churning Mixed, Sweet, and Sour Cream.—When two lots of cream are to be ... Where sweet cream arrives at the creamery just previous to churning time, ..."

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