Curdle
['kɜːd(ə)l] or ['kɝdl]
Definition
(verb.) turn from a liquid to a solid mass; 'his blood curdled'.
(verb.) go bad or sour; 'The milk curdled'.
(verb.) turn into curds; 'curdled milk'.
Checker: Louie--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle.
(v. i.) To thicken; to congeal.
(v. t.) To change into curd; to cause to coagulate.
(v. t.) To congeal or thicken.
Typed by Darla
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Coagulate, turn to curds.
Edited by Gene
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Coagulate, condense, thicken
ANT:Colliquify, diffuse, circulate
Editor: Sonya
Examples
- It is enough,' said the agitated Mr. Slurk, pacing to and fro, 'to curdle the ink in one's pen, and induce one to abandon their cause for ever. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- My blood curdled in my veins. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You have read this strange and terrific story, Margaret; and do you not feel your blood congealed with horror, like that which even now curdles mine? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Checker: Scott