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To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)ambitransitive
- Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.
- 2
To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)ambitransitive
- "Vich Ian Vohr," it said, in a voice that made my very blood curdle, "beware of to-morrow!"
- 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.
- 3
To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly.transitive
- 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.'
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Level C2GRE