curry

or cur·rie

[kur-ee, kuhr-ee]

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noun, plural cur·ries.

East Indian Cookery. a pungent dish of vegetables, onions, meat or fish, etc., flavored with various spices or curry powder, and often eaten with rice.

any dish flavored with curry powder or the like: a lamb curry.

curry powder.

verb (used with object), cur·ried, cur·ry·ing.

to cook or flavor (food) with curry powder or a similar combination of spices: to curry eggs.

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give (someone) a bit of curry, Australian. to rebuke, discipline, or criticize; harass.

Origin of curry

First recorded in 1590–1600, curry is from the Tamil word kaṟi sauce

curry

[kur-ee, kuhr-ee]

verb (used with object), cur·ried, cur·ry·ing.

to rub and clean (a horse) with a currycomb.

to dress (tanned hides) by soaking, scraping, beating, coloring, etc.

to beat; thrash.

Origin of curry

1250–1300; Middle English cor(r)ayen, cor(r)eyen < Anglo-French curreier, cognate with Old French correer, earlier conreer to make ready < Vulgar Latin *conrēdāre; see corody

Curry

[kur-ee, kuhr-ee]

noun

John (Anthony),1949–94, British figure skater.

John Steu·art

[stoo-ert, styoo-] /ˈstu ərt, ˈstyu-/, 1897–1946, U.S. painter.

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Examples from the Web for curry

But behind them are ISIS fighters and sympathizers and locals eager to curry favor by selling out their neighbors.
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Curry was intrigued and, unlike the other filmmakers VanDyke consulted, he had time to take on a major project.
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Stanley then went on to praise Curry after slamming her, a technique she would later use in her Rhimes piece.
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"It's rubbed with curry and five-spice powder," he explains as waiters take notes.
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Guests are also invited to try fried pieces of whale seasoned with curry powder.
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Here stands old Curry, who never talked to a rogue without telling him what he thought of him.
Inkle and Yarico|George Colman
Roast and boiled cheecan and curry; and look at the garden-stuff.
Fitz the Filibuster|George Manville Fenn
More—the General had not been forgotten in the distribution of the curry.
Mary Gray|Katharine Tynan
Make the Curry sauce in the usual manner, warm the slices of the canned corned beef in it and serve.
Tempting Curry Dishes|Thomas J. Murrey
It's just to curry popularity—you get all the praise, and I suffer for it!
The Hermit of Far End|Margaret Pedler

British Dictionary definitions for curry

curry

noun plural -ries

a spicy dish of oriental, esp Indian, origin that is made in many ways but usually consists of meat or fish prepared in a hot piquant sauce

curry seasoning or sauce

give someone curry Australian slang to assault (a person) verbally or physically

verb -ries, -rying or -ried

(tr) to prepare (food) with curry powder or sauce

Word Origin for curry

C16: from Tamil kari sauce, relish

verb -ries, -rying or -ried (tr)

to beat vigorously, as in order to clean

to dress and finish (leather) after it has been tanned to make it strong, flexible, and waterproof

to groom (a horse)

curry favour to ingratiate oneself, esp with superiors

Word Origin for curry

C13: from Old French correer to make ready, from Vulgar Latin conrēdāre (unattested), from rēdāre (unattested) to provide, of Germanic origin

Curry

noun

John (Anthony). 1949–94, British ice skater: won the figure-skating gold medal in the 1976 Olympic Games

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Word Origin and History for curry

curry

late 13c., "to rub down a horse," from Anglo-French curreier "to curry-comb a horse," from Old French correier "put in order, prepare, curry," from con-, intensive prefix (see com-), + reier "arrange," from a Germanic source (see ready). Related: Curried; currying.

curry

the spice, 1680s, from Tamil kari "sauce, relish for rice."

curry

or cur·rie

noun, plural cur·ries.

verb (used with object), cur·ried, cur·ry·ing.

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