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Noun
S:
(n)
curdling
,
clotting
,
coagulation
(the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid)
Verb
S:
(v)
curdle
,
clabber
,
clot
(turn into curds)
"curdled milk"
S:
(v)
curdle
(go bad or sour)
"The milk curdled"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(v)
spoil
,
go bad
(become unfit for consumption or use)
"the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
S:
(v)
decay
(undergo decay or decomposition)
"The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
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full troponym
S:
(v)
decompose
,
rot
,
molder
,
moulder
(break down)
"The bodies decomposed in the heat"
S:
(v)
spoil
,
go bad
(become unfit for consumption or use)
"the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
S:
(v)
putrefy
(become putrid; decay with an offensive smell)
"organic matter putrefies"
S:
(v)
deliquesce
(melt away in the process of decay)
"The fungi eventually deliquesced"
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(v)
change
(undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
"She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
derivationally related form
sentence frame
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
curdle
(turn from a liquid to a solid mass)
"his blood curdled"