curdle
/ˈkɜːdl/verb
उच्चारण कर्डल
(दूध) फटना, (दूध) फाड़ना, जमना
Core word
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[I, T]
(of a liquid, especially milk) to separate into solid and liquid parts; to make a liquid do this
(दूध) फटना, (दूध) फाड़ना, जमना
- The milk has curdled in the heat.
- Add a little lemon juice to curdle the milk for paneer.
- Milk will curdle if you leave it out in hot weather.
+ 2 more examples
- Do not boil the sauce too hard or it will curdle.
- The cream curdled when she poured it into the hot tea.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
curdle (intransitive): milk curdles
When milk or a sauce curdles, it separates into solid lumps and liquid, usually because it is sour or too hot.
जब दूध या सॉस फटता है, तब वह ठोस गुच्छों और तरल में अलग हो जाता है, प्रायः खट्टा होने या अधिक गरम होने से।
- The milk curdled in the summer heat.
- The sauce curdled when she added lemon juice.
curdle sth (transitive)
As a transitive verb, curdle means to cause a liquid to separate.
सकर्मक क्रिया के रूप में 'curdle' का अर्थ किसी तरल को फटने देना या फाड़ना है।
- Acid curdles milk quickly.
- Too much heat will curdle the cream.
make your blood curdle (idiom)
This idiom means to frighten you very much, usually by a horrible sight or sound.
यह मुहावरा किसी भयानक दृश्य या आवाज़ से बहुत डरा देने के लिए प्रयुक्त होता है।
- The scream in the empty house made my blood curdle.
curdled (adjective)
The past participle curdled can describe the result: curdled milk is milk that has separated.
Past participle 'curdled' परिणाम का वर्णन कर सकता है: curdled milk वह दूध है जो फट चुका है।
- The curdled milk was thrown away.
curdle vs spoil vs sour
Curdle describes milk separating into lumps; sour means it has turned acidic in taste, and spoil is the general word for going bad.
'Curdle' दूध के गुच्छों में बँटने को बताता है; 'sour' उसके स्वाद में खट्टा होने को, और 'spoil' ख़राब होने के सामान्य अर्थ में आता है।
- The milk soured overnight and curdled when boiled.
- Food spoils quickly in the rainy season.
+Collocations 5
subject + curdle
milkcreamsaucesoupblood
- The cream curdled when it touched the hot curry.
adverb + curdle
quicklyeasilyslightlycompletelyslowly
- In hot weather, milk curdles quickly if it is not boiled.
cause + curdle
heatlemon juicevinegaracidbacteria
- Vinegar curdles milk in a few minutes.
curdle + preposition
with fearin the panin the heatat the sound
- Her blood curdled at the sound of footsteps in the dark.
curdle + object
milkcreamcustarda saucea mixture
- Do not add salt too early, or it may curdle the custard.
“More examples 7
- My mother puts the milk in the fridge so that it does not curdle.
मेरी माँ दूध को फ़्रिज में रखती है ताकि वह फटे नहीं।
- The paneer is made when milk is curdled with lemon.
दूध को नींबू से फाड़ने पर पनीर बनता है।
- Tea can curdle the milk if the milk is old.
दूध पुराना हो तो चाय में उसके फटने की संभावना रहती है।
- The horror story made the children's blood curdle.
डरावनी कहानी ने बच्चों का खून जमा दिया।
- Do not heat the yoghurt sauce too fast, or it will curdle.
दही की चटनी को बहुत तेज़ गरम न करें, वरना वह फट जाएगी।
- The cook stirred the pan constantly to stop the sauce curdling.
रसोइये ने सॉस को फटने से रोकने के लिए कड़ाही को लगातार चलाया।
- The villagers said the unusual sound would make anyone's blood curdle.
गाँववालों ने कहा कि वह अजीब आवाज़ किसी का भी खून जमा देगी।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The milk is curdling since morning.
✓ The milk has been curdling since morning.
Since needs the present perfect continuous, not the present continuous.
'Since' के साथ present perfect continuous आता है, present continuous नहीं।
✗ The milk got curdle in the heat.
✓ The milk got curdled in the heat.
After got, the past participle curdled is needed, not the base form.
'Got' के बाद past participle 'curdled' आता है, base form नहीं।
¶Idioms 1
make your blood curdle
to make you extremely frightened or shocked
रोंगटे खड़े कर देना, खून जमा देना
- The scream in the dark made my blood curdle.
- The details of the crime would make your blood curdle.
◇Word family
§Grammar and usage
Usage: in Indian English curd usually means yogurt (dahi), while in British English curds are the thick solid part that forms when milk curdles.
Usage में Indian English में curd का अर्थ आमतौर पर दही होता है, जबकि British English में curds दूध फटने पर बनने वाला गाढ़ा ठोस भाग (छेना) होता है।