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curd

(kûrd)

1. The part of milk that coagulates when the milk sours or is treated with enzymes. Curd is used to make cheese.

2. A lump of curd: cheese curds.

3. A coagulated liquid that resembles milk curd.

intr. & tr.v. curd·ed, curd·ing, curds

To form or cause to form into curd; curdle.

[Middle English, variant of crud; probably akin to crowden, to press; see crowd¹.]

curd′y adj.

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curd

(kɜːd)

1. (Cookery) (often plural) a substance formed from the coagulation of milk by acid or rennet, used in making cheese or eaten as a food

2. something similar in consistency

to turn into or become curd

[C15: from earlier crud, of unknown origin]

ˈcurdy adj

ˈcurdiness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

curd

(kɜrd)

n.

1. a substance consisting mainly of casein, obtained from milk by coagulation and used as food or made into cheese.

2. any substance resembling this.

v.t., v.i.

3. to turn into curd; curdle.

[1325–75; Middle English (v.), variant of crudden to crud, congeal; see crowd¹]

curd′y, adj. curd•i•er, curd•i•est.

curd

Past participle: curded
Gerund: curding

Imperative
curd
curd

Present
I curd
you curd
he/she/it curds
we curd
you curd
they curd

Preterite
I curded
you curded
he/she/it curded
we curded
you curded
they curded

Present Continuous
I am curding
you are curding
he/she/it is curding
we are curding
you are curding
they are curding

Present Perfect
I have curded
you have curded
he/she/it has curded
we have curded
you have curded
they have curded

Past Continuous
I was curding
you were curding
he/she/it was curding
we were curding
you were curding
they were curding

Past Perfect
I had curded
you had curded
he/she/it had curded
we had curded
you had curded
they had curded

Future
I will curd
you will curd
he/she/it will curd
we will curd
you will curd
they will curd

Future Perfect
I will have curded
you will have curded
he/she/it will have curded
we will have curded
you will have curded
they will have curded

Future Continuous
I will be curding
you will be curding
he/she/it will be curding
we will be curding
you will be curding
they will be curding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been curding
you have been curding
he/she/it has been curding
we have been curding
you have been curding
they have been curding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been curding
you will have been curding
he/she/it will have been curding
we will have been curding
you will have been curding
they will have been curding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been curding
you had been curding
he/she/it had been curding
we had been curding
you had been curding
they had been curding

Conditional
I would curd
you would curd
he/she/it would curd
we would curd
you would curd
they would curd

Past Conditional
I would have curded
you would have curded
he/she/it would have curded
we would have curded
you would have curded
they would have curded

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curd

A semi-solid substance formed by the coagulation of milk.

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Noun	1.	curd - a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd; "bean curd"; "lemon curd" food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food bean curd, tofu - cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk
	2.	curd - coagulated milk; used to make cheese; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey" dairy product - milk and butter and cheese cheese - a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk

Translations

رَوْبَة اللبَن

sražené mlékotvaroh

ostemasse

Quark

lait caillé

aludttej

ystingur

cagliata coagulo giuncata latte cagliato

varškė

biezpiens

dravle ostemasse

tvaroh

çökeleklor peyniri

凝乳

curd

[kɜːd]

A. N (usu pl) → cuajada f

B. CPD curd cheese N → requesón m
see also bean B
see also lemon C

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

curd

n (often pl) → Quark m

vt → gerinnen lassen

vi → gerinnen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

curd

[kɜːd] n usu pl curds npl → latte m cagliato

curd

(kəːd) noun

(also curdsnoun plural) the solid substance formed when milk turns sour, used in making cheese.

curd

n. cuajo, cuajarón, coágulo sanguíneo grande; [milk] leche cuajada.

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They were breaking up the masses of curd before putting them into the vats.

Although the early September weather was sultry, her arm, from her dabbling in the curds, was as cold and damp to his mouth as a new-gathered mushroom, and tasted of the whey.

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The history tells that when Don Quixote called out to Sancho to bring him his helmet, Sancho was buying some curds the shepherds agreed to sell him, and flurried by the great haste his master was in did not know what to do with them or what to carry them in; so, not to lose them, for he had already paid for them, he thought it best to throw them into his master's helmet, and acting on this bright idea he went to see what his master wanted with him.

He, however, would not believe him, being always persuaded and convinced that all that happened to him must be adventures and still more adventures; so he replied to the gentleman, "He who is prepared has his battle half fought; nothing is lost by my preparing myself, for I know by experience that I have enemies, visible and invisible, and I know not when, or where, or at what moment, or in what shapes they will attack me;" and turning to Sancho he called for his helmet; and Sancho, as he had no time to take out the curds, had to give it just as it was.

"By the life of my lady Dulcinea del Toboso, but it is curds thou hast put here, thou treacherous, impudent, ill-mannered squire!"

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"It is this, it is this that oppresses my soul, When I think of my uncle's last words: And my heart is like nothing so much as a bowl Brimming over with quivering curds!

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And all the while the thick-lipped leviathan is rushing through the deep, leaving tons of tumultuous white curds in his wake, and causing the slight boat to rock in the swells like a skiff caught nigh the paddle-wheels of an ocean steamer.

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Tom had no sort of objection to whey, but he had a decided liking for curds, which were forbidden as unwholesome; and there was seldom a morning that he did not manage to secure a handful of hard curds, in defiance of Charity and of the farmer's wife.

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After performance of this pious rite Haita unbarred the gate of the fold and with a cheerful mind drove his flock afield, eating his morning meal of curds and oat cake as he went, occasionally pausing to add a few berries, cold with dew, or to drink of the waters that came away from the hills to join the stream in the middle of the valley and be borne along with it, he knew not whither.

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But at that time let me have a shady rock and wine of Biblis, a clot of curds and milk of drained goats with the flesh of an heifer fed in the woods, that has never calved, and of firstling kids; then also let me drink bright wine, sitting in the shade, when my heart is satisfied with food, and so, turning my head to face the fresh Zephyr, from the everflowing spring which pours down unfouled thrice pour an offering of water, but make a fourth libation of wine.

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Three suits of Lincoln green shalt thou have a year, besides forty marks in fee; thou shalt share all with us and lead a right merry life in the greenwood; for cares have we not, and misfortune cometh not upon us within the sweet shades of Sherwood, where we shoot the dun deer and feed upon venison and sweet oaten cakes, and curds and honey.

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"Over-much civility is sometimes no better than over-much discourtesy, for, as the saying is, one can choke a guest with curds. I do NOT desire that any children of thine should know that the Mugger of Mugger-Ghaut took his only wound from a woman.

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