curdling

cur·dle

 (kûr′dl)

v. cur·dled, cur·dling, cur·dles

v.intr.

1.

a. To change into curd.

b. To become congealed or lumpy: The sauce curdled in the pan.

2. To become spoiled or transformed into something bad: Warm feelings curdled into distrust.

v.tr.

1. To cause to curdle, congeal, or become lumpy: "The inlet was curdled with slush" (Alyson Carol Hagy).

2. To cause to be spoiled or transformed into something bad: "an event that curdled whatever goodwill the prince had awakened" (Julia Whitty).

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[Frequentative of curd.]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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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Translations

cagliatura

коагулирование