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Definition of Curdle
1. Verb. Turn into curds. "Curdled milk"
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Clabber, Clotting, Curdling
Antonyms: Homogenise, Homogenise, Homogenize
2. Verb. Go bad or sour. "The milk curdled"
3. Verb. Turn from a liquid to a solid mass. "His blood curdled"
Definition of Curdle
1. v. i. To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle.
2. v. t. To change into curd; to cause to coagulate.
Definition of Curdle
1. Verb. (ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk) ¹
2. Verb. (ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood) ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Curdle
1. to congeal [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES] - See also: congeal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curdle
Literary usage of Curdle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"To quail, as when we speak of one's courage quailing, is probably a special
application of quail, in the sense of curdle. The bodily effect of fear or ..."
2. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"Mrs. curdle was dressed in a morning wrapper, with a little cap stuck upon the
... Mr. curdle wore a loose robe on his back, and his right forefinger on his ..."
3. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"... to curdle or growe thick as milke doth ' (Hexham). See cluttered. clout, a
piece of cloth or linen, a rag. Hamlet, ii. 2. 537 ; Richard III, i. 3. ..."
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