different between coagulate vs curdy

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin co?gul?, co?gul?tus, from co?gulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from c?g? (“bring together, gather, collect”), from co- (“together”) + ag? (“do, make, drive”). Doublet of quail. Displaced native Middle English irennen, from Old English ?erinnan, but not native curdle.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k???æ?.j?.le?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ko??æ?.j?.le?t/

Verb

coagulate (third-person singular simple present coagulates, present participle coagulating, simple past and past participle coagulated)

1. (intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.

2. (transitive) To cause to congeal.

Antonyms

• dissolve, melt

Derived terms

• coagulation
• coagulant

Related terms

• coagulum

Translations

Adjective

coagulate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Coagulated.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, II. ii. 460:

     roasted in wrath and fire, / And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k???æ?.j?.l?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ko??æ?.j?.l?t/

Noun

coagulate (plural coagulates)

1. A mass formed by means of coagulation.

Translations

References

• coagulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• coagulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• coagulate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• catalogue

Italian

Verb

coagulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of coagulare
2. second-person plural imperative of coagulare
3. feminine plural of coagulato

Latin

Verb

co?gul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of co?gul?

English

Etymology

curd +? -y

Adjective

curdy (comparative curdier, superlative curdiest)

1. Like, or full of, curd; coagulated.
   • 159?, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2

     A good sherris-sack hath a twofold operation in it. It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish and dull and curdy vapours which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble fiery.

Anagrams

• crudy