churning
Meaning of churning
verb, gerund or present participle
- shake (milk or cream) in a machine in order to produce butter.
the cream is ripened before it is churned
- (with reference to liquid) move or cause to move about vigorously.
the seas churned
the water was churned by a flotilla of boats and ferries
- have an unpleasant disturbed feeling.
her stomach was churning at the thought of the ordeal
you never feel rested because your mind is always churning
- (of a broker) encourage frequent turnover of (investments) in order to generate commission.
these brokers churn the client's portfolio to generate an income for themselves
Old English cyrin, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German kerne and Old Norse kirna .
Information about churning
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of churning is: churnings.
- Languages in which churning is used:
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Hyphenation of churning
churn-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- churning is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
churning synonyms
Meaning roiling:
roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent
Meaning move a spoon or other implement round in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly:
Meaning stir or disturb (something, especially a liquid) briskly:
Meaning strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip:
Meaning beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on:
Meaning take or move (someone or something) somewhere suddenly and quickly:
Meaning rise and fall rhythmically or spasmodically:
Meaning (of the sea or clouds) be turbulent and stormy:
Meaning move in a twisting or spiralling pattern:
Meaning shake or turn (food) in a liquid, so as to coat it lightly:
Meaning (of a liquid) boil or be turbulent as if boiling:
Meaning form or produce a mass of small bubbles; froth:
Meaning form or contain a rising or overflowing mass of small bubbles:
Meaning make (a liquid) turbid or muddy by disturbing the sediment:
Meaning interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of:
Meaning disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it:
Words that rhyme with churning
Chesaning, Harmaning, airplaning, aquaplaning, baning, beaning, begroaning, bemeaning, bemoaning, buccaning, caning, caravaning, chairmaning, chalaning, challaning, chicaning, cleaning, companing, costeaning, craning, deaning, demeaning, deplaning, eaning, emplaning, enplaning, foremeaning, gleaning, graddaning, groaning, housecleaning, hydroplaning, leaning, loaning, meaning, misdemeaning, moaning, organing, orphaning, overcleaning, paning, peaning, physicianing, planing, postweaning, precleaning, preweaning, profaning, recaning, recleaning
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