noun
churning
Churning (noun) means the act of stirring or agitating something vigorously, especially cream or milk to make butter. Example: “The churning of the cream took almost an hour by hand.”
noun
1
The act of stirring or agitating something vigorously, especially cream or milk to make butter.
"The churning of the cream took almost an hour by hand."
"She could hear the steady churning of the washing machine next door."
2
The batch of butter produced from one round of churning.
"That churning yielded almost two pounds of fresh butter."
How to use churning
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe action of mixing or shaking something around and around, or the batch of butter that comes out of doing that to cream.
Memory tip
Outside of dairy-making, "churning" is often used figuratively for anything moving turbulently, like churning seas or a churning stomach.
Common pairings
a churning stomach
churning waves
the churning of butter
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Word forms
- Plural
- churnings
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Rhymes for churning
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What does “churning” mean?
The word “churning” means the act of stirring or agitating something vigorously, especially cream or milk to make butter. In plain terms, the action of mixing or shaking something around and around, or the batch of butter that comes out of doing that to cream.
How do you use “churning” in a sentence?
Here is “churning” used in a sentence: “The churning of the cream took almost an hour by hand.”
What part of speech is “churning”?
“Churning” is a noun.
How many meanings does “churning” have?
“Churning” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: the act of stirring or agitating something vigorously, especially cream or milk to make butter.
