curdle.
To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
Meaning & usage
To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.
To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly.
Where this word comes from
Metathesis of earlier dialectal cruddle, crudle, equivalent to curd + -le (frequentative suffix).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.