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CURDLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
Synonyms:
clotting; coagulation; curdling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("curdling" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "curdling"):
blood clotting; blood coagulation (a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot))
thermocoagulation (congealing tissue by heat (as by electric current))
Derivation:
curdle (turn from a liquid to a solid mass)
curdle (go bad or sour)
curdle (turn into curds)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb curdle
