CURDLE

curdle

(verb) turn from a liquid to a solid mass; “his blood curdled”

curdle

(verb) go bad or sour; “The milk curdled”

curdle, clabber, clot

(verb) turn into curds; “curdled milk”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

curdle (third-person singular simple present curdles, present participle curdling, simple past and past participle curdled)

(ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)

(ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)

(transitive) To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly

Anagrams

• crudle, curled

Source: Wiktionary

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Cur"dle (kr"d'l), v. i. Etym: [From Curd.] [Sometimes written crudle and cruddle.]

1. To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle. Thomson.

2. To thicken; to congeal. Then Mary could feel her heart's blood curdle cold. Southey.

Cur"dle, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curdled (-d'ld); p.pr. & vb. n. Curdling (-dlng).]

1. To change into curd; to cause to coagulate. "To curdle whites of eggs" Boyle.

2. To congeal or thicken. My chill blood is curdled in my veins. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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