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curdling

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cur·dle  (kûrdl)
v. cur·dled, cur·dling, cur·dles
v.intr.
1.
a. To change into curd. See Synonyms at coagulate.
b. To become congealed as if by having changed into curd: The blood in my veins curdled at the horrific sight.
2. To go bad or become spoiled.
v.tr.
To cause to change into or as if into curd.
[Frequentative of curd.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.curdling - the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
clotting, coagulation
blood clotting, blood coagulation - a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot)
natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
thermocoagulation - congealing tissue by heat (as by electric current)


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They had come almost to the spot when their ears were assailed by the weird and blood curdling yells of native warriors, and a moment later von Horn's escort dashed into view in full retreat.
The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
No -- better still, he would join the Indians, and hunt buffaloes and go on the warpath in the mountain ranges and the trackless great plains of the Far West, and away in the future come back a great chief, bristling with feathers, hideous with paint, and prance into Sunday- school, some drowsy summer morning, with a blood- curdling war-whoop, and sear the eyeballs of all his companions with unappeasable envy.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
It was too bright and sunny on this especial morning for George's blood- curdling readings about "Bar.
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