Curdle \Cur"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curdled (-d'ld); p. pr.
& vb. n. Curdling (-dl[i^]ng).]
1. To change into curd; to cause to coagulate. "To curdle
whites of eggs" --Boyle.
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2. To congeal or thicken.
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My chill blood is curdled in my veins. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
curdled
adj : transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid
mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous
blood" [syn: coagulate, coagulated, grumous, grumose]
WordNet (r) 2.0
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "curdled":
adhesive, amylaceous, caked, cakey, clabbered, clammy, clotted,
coagulated, congealed, curded, doughy, gaumy, gelatinized,
gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose,
glutinous, gooey, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous,
gummy, heavy, incrassate, inspissate, inspissated, jelled, jellied,
jellylike, lumpish, lumpy, mucilaginous, pasty, ropy, slabby,
slimy, slithery, starchy, sticky, stodgy, stringy, syrupy, tacky,
tenacious, thick, thickened, tough, tremelloid, tremellose, viscid,
viscose, viscous
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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