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curdle

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cur⋅dle

  [kur-dl]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -dled, -dling.
1. to change into curd; coagulate; congeal.
2. to spoil; turn sour.
3. to go wrong; turn bad or fail: Their friendship began to curdle as soon as they became business rivals.
—Idiom
4. curdle the or one's blood, to fill a person with horror or fear; terrify: a scream that curdled the blood.
Origin:
1580–90; curd + -le

Related forms:
curdler, noun
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cur·dle   (kûr'dl)   
v.   cur·dled, cur·dling, cur·dles

v.   intr.

    1. To change into curd. See Synonyms at coagulate.

    2. 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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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