curdle
/ˈkɜrdl/
verb
- To separate into curds and liquid, usually when milk or a milk-based mixture goes sour or is mixed with an acid.
- Be careful not to let the sauce curdle when you add the lemon juice.
- The cream curdled because it was left out of the refrigerator too long.
- If you add vinegar to warm milk, it will curdle.
- To cause a liquid to form lumps or separate, especially in cooking.
- She accidentally curdled the soup by adding cold milk too quickly.
- High heat can curdle the custard if you don't stir constantly.
- The recipe warns that adding the eggs too fast will curdle the mixture.
- To make someone feel very frightened or disgusted (often in the phrase 'curdle the blood' or 'make the blood curdle').
- The ghost story was so scary it would curdle your blood.
- The sight of the accident was enough to curdle anyone's stomach.
- The sound of the scream made my blood curdle.