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To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle.

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  1. v. i. To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle.
  2. v. i. To thicken; to congeal.
  3. v. t. To change into curd; to cause to coagulate.
  4. v. t. To congeal or thicken.
  5. v. turn into curds
  6. v. go bad or sour
  7. v. turn from a liquid to a solid mass
  8. 1. To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle. Thomson. 2. To thicken; to congeal. Then Mary could feel her heart's blood curdle cold. Southey. 1. To change into curd; to cause to coagulate. "To curdle whites of eggs" Boyle. 2. To congeal or thicken. My chill blood is curdled in my veins. Dryden.
  9. v:100 v. turn into curds v. go bad or sour v. turn from a liquid to a solid mass