Definition of Curdled

1. Adjective. Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass. "Grumous blood"

Exact synonyms: Coagulate, Coagulated, Grumose, Grumous
Similar to: Thick
Derivative terms: Grume, Grume

Definition of Curdled

1. Adjective. Containing curds. ¹

2. Adjective. Coagulated ¹

3. Verb. (past of curdle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Curdled

1. curdle [v] - See also: curdle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curdled

curcumin
curcuminoid
curcuminoids
curcumins
curcurion
curd
curd cheese
curded
curdier
curdiest
curdiness
curding
curdlan
curdlans
curdle
curdled (current term)
curdler
curdlers
curdles
curdless
curdleth
curdling
curds
curds and whey
curdy
curdy pus
cure
cure-all
cure-alls
cureall

Literary usage of Curdled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"It may occur that milk arrives in the laboratory which has curdled in transit. In this case we seek to procure a fresh sample; the curdled milk is well ..."

2. Intestinal auto-intoxication by Adolphe Combe (1908)
"ORIENTAL curdled MILK The ordinary curdled milk which we have already considered when speaking of the lactic acid foods cannot be compared with the oriental ..."

3. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"He then offered me fome curdled milk very four, with barley-meal, which we boiled, and thought it the beft entertainment we had met with a long time. CHAP. ..."

4. Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship by Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Neumann Sverdrup (1898)
"... lanes, brash, and huge blocks thrown together pell-mell, and one might imagine one's self looking at " A curdled SEA suddenly congealed breakers. ..."

5. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"keeper ; he stood five feet eight in hia boots, and pawed the kerosene-lit air; he howled in his manly fashion until the blood of small urchins curdled with ..."

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