curdle

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To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)

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

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

Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.

To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly

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.'.

{v} to turn or shoot into curds
To congeal milk with heat until solid lumps or curds are formed
If milk or eggs curdle or if you curdle them, they separate into different bits. The sauce should not boil or the egg yolk will curdle The herb has been used for centuries to curdle milk
To change into curd; to cause to coagulate
some sauces and other mixtures can separate In baking this is particularly common when adding eggs or other liquid to a creamed mixture (see above) To stop this, add a tablespoon from the weighed flour after the first egg or couple of spoonfuls of liquid
{f} coagulate, congeal; freeze; go sour, turn into curd
To congeal or thicken
go bad or sour; "The milk curdled"
To cause fresh milk or a sauce to separate into solids and liquids by overhating or by adding acid
turn from a liquid to a solid mass; "his blood curdled" go bad or sour; "The milk curdled" turn into curds; "curdled milk
To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle
turn from a liquid to a solid mass; "his blood curdled"
turn into curds; "curdled milk
- The state of a liquid or food, such as eggs, to divide into liquid and solids, usually due to the application excess heat
To thicken; to congeal
to spoil, beginning to form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly. (Usually said of milk, but also metaphorically of blood.)
turn into curds; "curdled milk"
curdle the blood
congeal the blood, clot blood, terrify, scare very much
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Containing curds
curdled
Simple past tense and past participle of curdle
To curdle
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Coagulated
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transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"
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past of curdle
curdles
third-person singular of curdle
curdling
To coagulate Lumpy solids in paints or varnishes
curdling
present participle of curdle
curdling
The gelling or partial cure of paint due to incompatible materials This usually occurs during the mixing process
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An early stage in cheesemaking when milk coagulates due to the introduction of rennet
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Also known as syneresis or weeping When egg mixtures such as custards or sauces are cooked too rapidly, the protein becomes over-coagulated and separates from the liquid leaving a mixture resembling fine curds and whey If curdling has not progressed too far, it may sometimes be reversed by removing the mixture from the heat and stirring or beating vigorously
curdling
{i} clotting, process of forming moderately solid lumps in a liquid; phase in manufacturing of cheese when casein is clotted by rennet or acid activity
curdling
the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
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the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid turning into a solid mass; "I waited for her to materialize out of the clogging curdling crowd
curdling
turning into a solid mass; "I waited for her to materialize out of the clogging curdling crowd"
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