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Metathesis of earlier dialectal cruddle, crudle, equivalent to curd +‎ -le (frequentative suffix).

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curdle (third-person singular simple present curdles, present participle curdling, simple past and past participle curdled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) 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.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
  3. (transitive) To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly.

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