1.
[syn: curdle, clabber, clot]
2. go bad or sour;
- Example: "The milk curdled"
3. turn from a liquid to a solid mass;
- Example: "his blood curdled"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Curdle \Cur"dle\ (k[^u]r"d'l), v. i. [From Curd.] [Sometimes
written crudle and cruddle.]
1. To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk
to curdle. --Thomson.
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2. To thicken; to congeal.
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Then Mary could feel her heart's blood curdle cold.
--Southey.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Curdle \Cur"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curdled (-d'ld); p. pr.
& vb. n. Curdling (-dl[i^]ng).]
1. To change into curd; to cause to coagulate. "To curdle
whites of eggs" --Boyle.
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2. To congeal or thicken.
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My chill blood is curdled in my veins. --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
curdle
v 1: turn into curds; "curdled milk" [syn: curdle, clabber,
clot] [ant: homogenise, homogenize]
2: go bad or sour; "The milk curdled"
3: turn from a liquid to a solid mass; "his blood curdled"