Crossword clues for churned
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Churn \Churn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Churned (ch[^u]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Churning.] [OE. chernen, AS. cernan; akin to LG. karnen, G. kernen, D. karnen, Dan. kierne, Sw. k["a]rna, and also to E. corn, kernel, the meaning coming from the idea of extracting the kernel or marrow. See Kernel.]
To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.
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To shake or agitate with violence.
Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose.
--Addison.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: churn)
Usage examples of "churned".
It was easier to believe that he was dead, even if the fish in the baskets up on the shore churned and slithered, bright sunlight flashing on their scales.
The dry ground they walked on surely was churned to muck behind them, hindering their pursuers so badly that the main mass of the Quman army had never been able to catch up and finish them off.
She carded and spun wool, sewed, cooked, ground grain, churned butter, and spent many a pleasant hour combing the hair of her new friends.
One man had been bleeding enough to leave a faint trail of blood in his wake, quickly churned away by the passage of his fellows.
The field churned into chaos, Wendish soldiers pursuing the Quman, who scattered in all directions.
With a hiss, he smacked another serpent, hopped to one foot to avoid a third as more churned out of the meadow.
Cortez Type-63 light amphibious tank churned its way laboriously toward the island.
Water churned fiercely to starboard as the Des Moines began a turn so sharp it was almost less than the ship's length along the waterline.
BMPs moved rapidly, mud and grass being churned by their treads, to surround both.
Instantly, over a thousand heavy duty diesel engines within earshot churned to roaring life.
The MI had no trouble fording, but the bottom of the river was so churned to muck by the artillery barrage that preceded the attack that Connors had to detail two squads from his reserve platoon for the sole purpose of physically man or suit-handling even the tracked vehicles across.
Its waters churned, carving chunks of thick mud and tufts of grass, sweeping them swiftly out of sight.
Dread and fury churned within her, fear of the power she had witnessed, red rage for her merciless son.
Deep and swift, the Rappahalladran churned its way southward through the dark quiet of the forest.
The lake churned and boiled anew for a brief instant, then settled back, the waters swirling once again with placid calm.