curdle
pronunciation
How to pronounce curdle in British English:
UK [ˈkɜ:dl]
How to pronounce curdle in American English:
US [ˈkɜrdl]
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- Verb:
- turn into curds
- go bad or sour
- turn from a liquid to a solid mass
Word Origin
- curdle (v.)
- 1630s (earlier crudle, 1580s), "to thicken, cause to congeal," frequentative of curd (v.) "to make into curd" (late 14c.; see curd). Of blood, in figurative sense "to inspire horror" from c. 1600. Related: Curdled (1590); curdling (c. 1700, almost always with reference to blood, in the figurative sense).
Example
- 1. The strange sound made his blood curdle .
- 2. The sight made my blood curdle .
- 3. Their screams made my blood curdle with terror .
- 4. It 's easy to tell when your milk has gone bad , the smell , the curdle , the date on top of the bottle .
- 5. It can be hard to finish a whole gallon of milk before it expires , but don 't wait for it to curdle . Instead , set some aside and make cottage cheese .