Curdled

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Curdle \Cur"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curdled} (-d'ld); p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Curdling} (-dl[i^]ng).]
     1. To change into curd; to cause to coagulate. "To curdle
        whites of eggs" --Boyle.
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     2. To congeal or thicken.
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              My chill blood is curdled in my veins. --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curdled
       adj : transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid
             mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous
             blood" [syn: {coagulate}, {coagulated}, {grumous}, {grumose}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "curdled":
     adhesive, amylaceous, caked, cakey, clabbered, clammy, clotted,
     coagulated, congealed, curded, doughy, gaumy, gelatinized,
     gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose,
     glutinous, gooey, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous,
     gummy, heavy, incrassate, inspissate, inspissated, jelled, jellied,
     jellylike, lumpish, lumpy, mucilaginous, pasty, ropy, slabby,
     slimy, slithery, starchy, sticky, stodgy, stringy, syrupy, tacky,
     tenacious, thick, thickened, tough, tremelloid, tremellose, viscid,
     viscose, viscous