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curdle

verb
🔊/ˈkɜːdl/
🔊/ˈkɜːrdl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they curdle
🔊/ˈkɜːdl/
🔊/ˈkɜːrdl/
he / she / it curdles
🔊/ˈkɜːdlz/
🔊/ˈkɜːrdlz/
past simple curdled
🔊/ˈkɜːdld/
🔊/ˈkɜːrdld/
past participle curdled
🔊/ˈkɜːdld/
🔊/ˈkɜːrdld/
-ing form curdling
🔊/ˈkɜːdlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkɜːrdlɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] curdle (something) when a liquid, especially milk, curdles or something curdles it, it separates into solid and liquid parts （使）凝结，结成酸乳
  2. [intransitive, transitive] curdle (something) if something curdles your blood or makes your blood curdle, it makes you extremely frightened or shocked 吓得血液凝固；使心惊胆战see also blood-curdlingTopics Feelingsc2
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: frequentative of obsolete curd ‘congeal’.