Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To change into curd.
- intransitive verb To become congealed or lumpy.
- intransitive verb To become spoiled or transformed into something bad.
- intransitive verb To cause to curdle, congeal, or become lumpy.
- intransitive verb To cause to be spoiled or transformed into something bad.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To change into curd; cause to thicken or coagulate.
- To coagulate or thicken; become curd.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To change into curd; to coagulate.
- intransitive verb To thicken; to congeal.
- transitive verb To change into curd; to cause to coagulate.
- transitive verb To congeal or thicken.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, intransitive To form
curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said ofmilk ) - verb transitive, intransitive To
clot orcoagulate ; to cause tocongeal , such as throughcold . (metaphorically ofblood ) - verb transitive To cause a liquid to
spoil and formclumps so that it no longer flows smoothly
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb turn from a liquid to a solid mass
- verb turn into curds
- verb go bad or sour
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Pour in the lemon juice and stir to a smooth consistency, allowing the juice to "curdle" and "cook" the eggs and milk.
Aunt Mittie's goodnesses dudemanflab 2007
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And the sky is blue, baby lambs are fuzzy and warm and milk will curdle if you pour it into orange juice.
First on the CNN Ticker: GOP questions Obama's police criticism 2009
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Cut to our discount-aisle Eminem challenging The Gadget Master to a technoduel with a nearby Yaris driver whose face is so smug it could curdle mahogany.
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Make sure the water in the tin comes at least two-thirds up the sides of the moulds, otherwise your dessert will curdle.
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It is essential not to let the mixture get too hot otherwise it will curdle.
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And the sky is blue, baby lambs are fuzzy and warm and milk will curdle if you pour it into orange juice.
First on the CNN Ticker: GOP questions Obama's police criticism 2009
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Caution, therefore, is good: fear, however, will almost certainly curdle your hollandaise quicker than the evillest of eyes.
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But what makes milk curdle more often than not is acidity.
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Ressentiment sometimes goads such mass movements into a fleeting brilliance, but they curdle and collapse, tragi-comically or catastrophically, on their own cowardice, ignorance, and lies.
Jim Sleeper: Behind The Snarking About OWS Jim Sleeper 2011
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Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then gradually add the eggs, beating well after each addition so the mixture doesn't curdle.
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