adjective
moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation
Synonyms
churned-up
Examples
- winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses
- a car stuck in the churned-up mud
adjective
(of a liquid) agitated vigorously
Synonyms
Examples
- in a state of turbulence
- the river's roiling current
- turbulent rapids
verb
stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
Synonyms
verb
be agitated
Synonyms
Examples
- the sea was churning in the storm