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churning up

churning up is the present participle and gerund of churn up.

Meaning of 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.

Questions about churning up

What is churning up the present participle and gerund of?
Churning up is the present participle and gerund of churn up.

Words near churning up in the dictionary

  1. churnful
  2. churnfuls
  3. churniest
  4. churning
  5. churning out
  6. churning up
  7. churningly
  8. churnings
  9. churnmilk
  10. churnover
  11. churns

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