curry

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: dress groom

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

(East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice

Verb (3)

season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
treat by incorporating fat“curry tanned leather”
give a neat appearance to“groom the dogs”“dress the horses”Synonyms: dress groom

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Curry \Cur"ry\ (k?r"r?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curried (-r?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Currying.] [OE. curraien, curreien, OF. cunreer, correier, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry (a horse), F. corroyer to curry (leather) (cf. OF. conrei, conroi, order, arrangement, LL. conredium); cor- (L.com-) + roi, rei, arrangement, order; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. ready. See Ready, Greith, and cf. Corody, Array.]

1.To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather. [1913 Webster]

2.To dress the hair or coat of (a horse, ox, or the like) with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order to make clean. [1913 Webster]

Your short horse is soon curried.— Beau. & FL.[1913 Webster]

3.To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons. [1913 Webster]

I have seen him curry a fellow's carcass handsomely.— Beau. & FL.[1913 Webster]

To curry favor, to seek to gain favor by flattery or attentions. See Favor, n. [1913 Webster]

Curry \Cur"ry\ (k?r"r?), v. t. To flavor or cook with curry. [1913 Webster]

Curry \Cur"ry\, n. [Tamil kari.] [Written also currie.] [1913 Webster]

1.(Cookery) A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices. [1913 Webster]

2.A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry. [1913 Webster]

Curry powder (Cookery), a condiment used for making curry, formed of various materials, including strong spices, as pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc. [1913 Webster]