(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a container which is used for making butter.
N-COUNT: oft n N
2.
If something ~s water, mud, or dust, it moves it about violently.
Ferries ~ the waters of Howe Sound from Langdale to Horseshoe Bay.
...unsurfaced roads now ~ed into mud by the annual rains.
VERB: V n, V-ed
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Churn up means the same as ~ .
The recent rain had ~ed up the waterfall into a muddy whirlpool...
Occasionally they slap the water with their tails or ~ it up in play.
...muddy, ~ed-up ground.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P, V-ed P
3.
If you say that your stomach is ~ing, you mean that you feel sick. You can also say that something ~s your stomach.
My stomach ~ed as I stood up...
= heave
VERB: V, also V n