CURDLED

coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose

(adjective) transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; “coagulated blood”; “curdled milk”; “grumous blood”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

curdled

simple past tense and past participle of curdle

Adjective

curdled (comparative more curdled, superlative most curdled)

Containing curds.

Coagulated

Anagrams

• cruddle, crudled, cuddler

Source: Wiktionary


CURDLE

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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