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Past tense of curdle

regular verb

The past tense of curdle is curdled. The past participle is also curdled.

Forms of curdle

Base form (V1)curdle /ˈkɜː.dəl/
Past tense (V2)curdled
Past participle (V3)curdled
Present participlecurdling
Third person singularcurdles

Curdled in a sentence

  • Skyr is a product made of curdled milk.From the entry milk
  • It was leaving behind its reputation as a tart, curdled taste experience.1997, Gregory K. Ericksen, “Gary Hirshberg: Stonyfield Farm: ‘A Business Plan for the Future: Hope’”, in What’s Luck Got to Do with It?…. From the entry yogurt maker
  • In Gascony they don’t use cheese in their gratins because the curdled milk gives the vegetables a lovely cheesey taste.”1987, Joanne Kates, “Food People: From the Hatcheck Girl to the Tsar of No Name”, in The Taste of Things, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University…. From the entry cheesey
  • A sudden, long-drawn howl curdled out from across the river.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 214. From the entry death wail
  • And yet, just for once, it would be an experience to drink a "balductum": "A posset composed of hot milk curdled with ale or wine.1927, Herbert Leslie Stewart, The Dalhousie review, volume 7, page 66. From the entry balductum

Meaning of curdle

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

Full definition of curdle

Questions about the past tense of curdle

What is the past tense of curdle?
The past tense of curdle is curdled.
What is the past participle of curdle?
The past participle of curdle is curdled.
Is curdle a regular or irregular verb?
Curdle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: curdle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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