Curdle

Quick meaning: Curdle is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk).

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk).

More Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
2. (transitive) To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly.

Example Sentences

Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.

"Vich Ian Vohr," it said, in a voice that made my very blood curdle, "beware of to-morrow!"

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.'

Trust in the science did not curdle at the same instance as trust in the tech conglomerates, but they are not so dissimilar when weighed against the hype of progress.

Word Forms

• curdles
• curdling
• curdled

Synonyms for curdle

Depending on context, synonyms include curd, clot, clabber.

Antonyms for curdle

Common opposites include homogenize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include clabber, clot, spoil, uncurdle, quail, earn.

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