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curdle
cur·dle C0811900 (kûr′dl)v. cur·dled, cur·dling, cur·dles v.intr.1. a. To change into curd.b. To become congealed or lumpy: The sauce curdled in the pan.2. To become spoiled or transformed into something bad: Warm feelings curdled into distrust.v.tr.1. To cause to curdle, congeal, or become lumpy: "The inlet was curdled with slush" (Alyson Carol Hagy).2. To cause to be spoiled or transformed into something bad: "an event that curdled whatever goodwill the prince had awakened" (Julia Whitty). [Frequentative of curd.]curdle (ˈkɜːdəl) vb1. to turn or cause to turn into curd2. curdle someone's blood to fill someone with fear[C16 (crudled, past participle): from curd] ˈcurdler ncur•dle (ˈkɜr dl) v.t., v.i. -dled, -dling. 1. to change into curd; coagulate. 2. to spoil; turn sour or bad. Idioms: curdle one's blood, to fill one with horror or fear. [1580–90; curd + -le] cur′dler, n. curdle Past participle: curdled Gerund: curdling
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I curdle | you curdle | he/she/it curdles | we curdle | you curdle | they curdle |
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I curdled | you curdled | he/she/it curdled | we curdled | you curdled | they curdled |
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I am curdling | you are curdling | he/she/it is curdling | we are curdling | you are curdling | they are curdling |
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I have curdled | you have curdled | he/she/it has curdled | we have curdled | you have curdled | they have curdled |
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I was curdling | you were curdling | he/she/it was curdling | we were curdling | you were curdling | they were curdling |
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I had curdled | you had curdled | he/she/it had curdled | we had curdled | you had curdled | they had curdled |
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I will curdle | you will curdle | he/she/it will curdle | we will curdle | you will curdle | they will curdle |
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I will have curdled | you will have curdled | he/she/it will have curdled | we will have curdled | you will have curdled | they will have curdled |
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I will be curdling | you will be curdling | he/she/it will be curdling | we will be curdling | you will be curdling | they will be curdling |
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I have been curdling | you have been curdling | he/she/it has been curdling | we have been curdling | you have been curdling | they have been curdling |
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I will have been curdling | you will have been curdling | he/she/it will have been curdling | we will have been curdling | you will have been curdling | they will have been curdling |
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I had been curdling | you had been curdling | he/she/it had been curdling | we had been curdling | you had been curdling | they had been curdling |
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I would curdle | you would curdle | he/she/it would curdle | we would curdle | you would curdle | they would curdle |
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I would have curdled | you would have curdled | he/she/it would have curdled | we would have curdled | you would have curdled | they would have curdled |
curdleTo cause a sauce or fresh milk to separate into liquid and solids by overheating.ThesaurusVerb | 1. | curdle - turn into curds; "curdled milk"clabber, clotchange state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"homogenise, homogenize - become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing; "The two liquids homogenized in the blender"homogenise, homogenize - break up the fat globules of; "homogenized milk"homogenise, homogenize - break up the fat globules of; "homogenized milk" | | 2. | curdle - go bad or sour; "The milk curdled"go bad, spoil - become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils" | | 3. | curdle - turn from a liquid to a solid mass; "his blood curdled"clot, coagulate - change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood" |
curdleverb congeal, clot, thicken, condense, turn sour, solidify, coagulate The sauce must not boil or the egg yolk will curdle. melt, dissolve, soften, thaw, liquefy, deliquescecurdleverbTo change or be changed from a liquid into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass:clot, coagulate, congeal, gelatinize, jell, jelly, set.Translationscurdle (ˈkəːdl) verb to turn into curd. The heat has curdled the milk; This milk has curdled. (使)變稠 使凝结,凝固 curdle
curdle (one's) bloodTo terrify someone. That horror movie curdled my blood so badly that I spent the next week sleeping in my parents' bedroom!See also: blood, curdlemake (one's) blood curdleTo cause one to experience an intense feeling of fright, horror, or revulsion. The sight of my brother's murderer in court absolutely made my blood curdle. When we were camping last weekend, we heard a scream in the night that made our blood curdle.See also: blood, curdle, makecurdle someone's bloodFig. to frighten or disgust someone severely. The story was scary enough to curdle your blood. The terrible scream was enough to curdle my blood.See also: blood, curdlemake your blood curdle fill you with horror.See also: blood, curdle, makeMedicalSeecurdcurdle
Synonyms for curdleverb congealSynonyms- congeal
- clot
- thicken
- condense
- turn sour
- solidify
- coagulate
Antonyms- melt
- dissolve
- soften
- thaw
- liquefy
- deliquesce
Synonyms for curdleverb to change or be changed from a liquid into a soft, semisolid, or solid massSynonyms- clot
- coagulate
- congeal
- gelatinize
- jell
- jelly
- set
Synonyms for curdleverb turn into curdsSynonymsRelated WordsAntonymsverb go bad or sourRelated Wordsverb turn from a liquid to a solid massRelated Words |