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[ adjective ] moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation

Synonyms

churned-up

Examples

"winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses" "a car stuck in the churned-up mud"

Related terms

agitated

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[ adjective ] (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence

Examples

"the river's roiling current" "turbulent rapids"

Used in print

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

On the shores north and south , the fishers and mooncursers - smugglers - lived along the churning Great_South_Bay and the narrow barrier of sand , Fire_Island .

Related terms

agitated

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