curry

¹

Sometimes cur·rie

[kur-ee, kuhr-ee]

noun

plural

curries 

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

2. any dish flavored with curry powder or the like.

   a lamb curry.

3. curry powder.

verb (used with object)

curried, currying 

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

   to curry eggs.

curry

²

[kur-ee, kuhr-ee]

verb (used with object)

curried, currying 

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

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

3. to beat; thrash.

Curry

³

[kur-ee, kuhr-ee]

noun

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

2. John Steuart 1897–1946, U.S. painter.

curry

¹

/ ˈkʌrɪ /

noun

1. 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

2. curry seasoning or sauce

3. slang,  to assault (a person) verbally or physically

verb

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

curry

²

/ ˈkʌrɪ /

verb

1. to beat vigorously, as in order to clean

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

3. to groom (a horse)

4. to ingratiate oneself, esp with superiors

Curry

³

/ ˈkʌrɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of curry¹

First recorded in 1590–1600, from Tamil kaṟi “sauce, relish”

Origin of curry²

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English curreien, curraien, curry, from Anglo-French curreier, Old French corroier, earlier conreer “to make ready,” from Vulgar Latin conrēdāre (unrecorded); corody

Word History and Origins

Origin of curry¹

C16: from Tamil kari sauce, relish

Origin of curry²

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

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

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

2. curry favor, to seek to advance oneself through flattery or fawning.

   His fellow workers despised him for currying favor with the boss.

Example Sentences

Mr Chester said he sells homemade chilli and curry "just to get people through the door".

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Mr Paterson, a plater and shipyard worker who was walking home after a curry night with his friend and cousin, suffered "significant external and internal" injuries.

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It outraged him that the people who got credit for higher understanding were those who spent the most time currying favor with the media.

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A curry house has banned customers from wearing hoodies and tracksuits on Fridays and Saturdays in case they "put off" other diners.

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But some Senators, hoping to curry favor, may start to echo the President’s short-term opportunism.

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Related Words

• sauce 
• seasoning