intransitive †Of a liquid: to coagulate, solidify (obsolete). Esp. of milk: to curdle, to form curds. Cf. to run together 2a at phrasal verbs 1 and…

intransitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. Of a positive quality, faculty, etc.: to become sour or spoilt, like curdled milk; (of the…

To stiffen into a viscid jelly-like consistency; to coagulate, clot, or curdle, as milk or blood.

intransitive. To run together in clots, to coagulate. Also transitive. To curdle or coagulate. (The two constructions meet in the past…

To run together in clots, to coagulate, become clotty or lumpy.

intransitive. To run into clots, coagulate. cluddered adj. coagulated, run together, lumpy.

intransitive. Of milk: to curdle or coagulate, esp. in the production of cheese; to form curds, typically after the introduction of rennet or…

intransitive. To curdle, coagulate.

intransitive. Of milk or cream: to become or form curd; (of a sauce, custard, etc.) to separate so as to form soft lumps surrounded by liquid. Also…

Of fluids, as blood, cream, gravy: To coagulate, curdle, run into clots.

intransitive. Of albuminous fluids: To become converted into a soft solid mass; to curdle, clot, congeal, ‘set’.

To form or turn into clods; formerly also to run into clots, to clot, v. (sense 3). transitive and intransitive.

To coagulate together into one mass.

transitive. To cause (milk) to curdle, esp. in the production of cheese. Formerly also intransitive: (of milk) †to curdle, to form curds (obsolete)…

intransitive. To become firm or solid in consistency; (of milk) to curdle or turn; (of mortar, etc.) to solidify.

(see quots.).