of something bad or unpleasant : to happen to (someone or something) intransitive verb : to happen especially as if by fatetransitive verb : to happen to whatever _______ s, we'll make the best of it and carry on

a container in which cream is stirred or shaken to make butter The motorboats churned the water. The horse's hooves churned up the sod. The water churned all around us : to stir or mix something (such as water or mud) with force : to move in a circle : to make (butter) by stirring or shaking cream in a _______

to see or sense something or someone that is not really there : to have _______

to ask for something in a serious and emotional way : to try to prove (a case) in a court of law : to say in court that you are either guilty or not guilty of a crime : to make a plea He begged and _______ ed, but she would not change her mind.