churn up

Verb

churn up (third-person singular simple present churns up, present participle churning up, simple past and past participle churned up)

1. (transitive) To make the ground uneven, generally unintentionally.
   • Just the footfall will churn up the wet turf.
2. (transitive) To make turbulent.
   • The hurricane churned up the ocean.
3. (transitive) To produce by churning.
   • For dessert, I churned up some vanilla ice cream.