curd Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd
    • bean curd
    • lemon curd
  2. noun coagulated milk; used to make cheese
    • Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey

WordNet

Curd noun
Etymology
Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. gruth, Ir, gruth, cruth, curd, cruthaim I milk.
Definitions
  1. The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distingushed from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese.
    Curds and cream, the flower of country fare. Dryden.
  2. The coagulated part of any liquid.
  3. The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower.
    Broccoli should be cut while the curd, as the flowering mass is termed, is entire. R. Thompson.
    Cauliflowers should be cut for use while the head, or curd, is still close and compact. F. Burr.
Curd transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Curded;present participle & verbal noun Curding
Definitions
  1. To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.
    Does it curd thy blood To say I am thy mother? Shak.
Curd intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey Shak.

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