Definition of curdle - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
milktr./intr. Rare form curds and separate into solid and liquidtr./intr. Rare
- The milk began to curdle in the heat.
2.
bloodtr./intr. TECH. coagulate or congeal into a solid masstr./intr. TECH.
- The cold made the blood curdle in his veins.
3.
feartr. Rare fill someone with fear or dreadtr. Rare
- The eerie sound made her blood curdle.
Expressions with curdle
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cause strong fear or terror in someone
The child's scream echoed in the cellar; it made blood curdle.
cause someone to feel extreme fear or horror
The horror movie curdled her blood.
cause intense fear or horror in someone
The ghost story was enough to curdle blood.
cause someone to feel very scared or horrified
The scary story made my blood curdle.
Origin of curdle
Middle English, curd (to coagulate)
Terms with curdle included in their meaning
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food
enzyme used in cheese-making to curdle milk
liquid
thicken or curdle due to souring
medical
cause blood to clot or curdle
action
act of causing a liquid to curdle
fruit
roundish berry used to curdle milk
food
enzyme used to curdle milk in cheese-making
vegetarian option
plant extract used to curdle milk for cheesemaking
curdling milk
Solanum elaeagnifolium used to curdle milk
Examples of curdle in a sentence
Don't let the sauce curdle by overheating it. Fear can curdle the blood in an instant. The horror movie made her blood curdle. The horror movie made his skin curdle. Her scream curdled the night air.
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- French:cailler, coaguler, ...
- German:gerinnen, gerinnen lassen, ...
- Italian:cagliare, terrorizzare, ...
- Spanish:cuajar, cuajarse, ...
- Portuguese:coalhar, solidificar, ...
- Chinese:凝结, 结块, ...
- Japanese:凝固する, 固まる, ...
- Arabic:خَثَرَ, تَخَثَّرَ, ...
- Hebrew:לְהַחְמִיץ, לְהִיקָּרֵשׁ, ...
- Russian:сворачиваться, застывать, ...
- Ukrainian:згортатися, згорнутися, ...
- Hindi:फटना, गाढ़ा होना, ...
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