different between curd vs curdy

English

Etymology

From Middle English curd, a metathetic variant of crud, crudde (“coagulated substance”). More at crud.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kû(r)d, IPA^(key): /k??(?)d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Homophone: Kurd

Noun

curd (countable and uncountable, plural curds)

1. The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.
2. The coagulated part of any liquid.
3. The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants.
   • 1865, Fearing Burr, The Field and Garden Vegetables of America

     Broccoli should not be allowed to remain till the compactness of the head is broken, but should always be cut while the 'curd,' as the flowering mass is termed, is entire

Derived terms

• crud
• curds and whey
• lemon curd

Translations

See also

• buttermilk
• milk
• whey
• yoghurt

Verb

curd (third-person singular simple present curds, present participle curding, simple past and past participle curded)

1. (intransitive) To form curd; to curdle.
2. (transitive) To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.

Derived terms

• curdle

Translations

Anagrams

• CRUD, crud

Middle English

Noun

curd

1. Alternative form of crudde

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