curry

¹

[ kur-ee, kuhr-ee ]

noun

, plural cur·ries.

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)

, cur·ried, cur·ry·ing.

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)

, cur·ried, cur·ry·ing.

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 Steu·art [stoo, -ert, styoo, -], 1897–1946, U.S. painter.

curry

¹

/ 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. curry favour
   curry favour to ingratiate oneself, esp with superiors

curry

²

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

verb

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

Curry

³

/ ˈkʌrɪ /

noun

1. CurryJohn (Anthony)19491994MBritishSPORT AND GAMES: ice skater 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

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

Origin of curry²

C16: from Tamil kari sauce, relish

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

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

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

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

Example Sentences

According to NBA Advanced Stats, Curry’s efficiency fluctuates heavily depending on Green’s presence.

From FiveThirtyEight

Add the potatoes and stir to coat them with the curry-oil mixture.

From Washington Post

In an email to Voice of San Diego, Curry called the disagreement a misunderstanding.

From Voice of San Diego

In April, when my pandemic despair was especially keen and hopeless, I threw myself into unusual kitchen projects, and none am I more grateful for than having made Sonoko Sakai’s curry bricks with her curry brick kit.

From Eater

We should note here, too, that the Mavericks — who got Josh Richardson in exchange for Curry — also seemed to get a great deal.

From FiveThirtyEight

But behind them are ISIS fighters and sympathizers and locals eager to curry favor by selling out their neighbors.

From The Daily Beast

Curry was intrigued and, unlike the other filmmakers VanDyke consulted, he had time to take on a major project.

From The Daily Beast

Stanley then went on to praise Curry after slamming her, a technique she would later use in her Rhimes piece.

From The Daily Beast

"It's rubbed with curry and five-spice powder," he explains as waiters take notes.

From The Daily Beast

But Irons actually faced competition from Tim Curry and Malcolm McDowell, who were both considered for the part.

From The Daily Beast

A-course, Mrs. Bridger got a nice little pile of money fer it, and paid Curry the balance she owed him.

From Project Gutenberg

All the dishes, with the exception of the curry, are prepared after the English fashion, although the cooks are Chinese.

From Project Gutenberg

They all had immense plates of rice, and little bowls full of curry; a few pieces of dried fish supplied the place of bread.

From Project Gutenberg

He wished to capture the Greek girl, that he might curry favour with the Pasha Ibrahim by presenting her to him.

From Project Gutenberg

He is stomach-plagued and old, And his curry soups will make thy cheek the colour of his gold.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• sauce
• seasoning