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curry
1[kur-ee, kuhr-ee]
noun
plural
curriesEast Indian Cooking.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.
verb (used with object)
to cook or flavor (food) with curry powder or a similar combination of spices.
to curry eggs.
curry
2[kur-ee, kuhr-ee]
Curry
3[kur-ee, kuhr-ee]
noun
John (Anthony), 1949–94, British figure skater.
John Steuart 1897–1946, U.S. painter.
curry
1/ ˈʌɪ /
noun
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
slangto assault (a person) verbally or physically
verb
(tr) to prepare (food) with curry powder or sauce
curry
2/ ˈʌɪ /
verb
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)
to ingratiate oneself, esp with superiors
Curry
3/ ˈʌɪ /
noun
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of curry1
Origin of curry2
Idioms and Phrases
give (someone) a bit of curry, to rebuke, discipline, or criticize; harass.
curry favor, to seek to advance oneself through flattery or fawning.
His fellow workers despised him for currying favor with the boss.
Example Sentences
The samosas, the second helping of naan, the kind of slightly bashful dinner invitation that arrives not with a flourish, but with a container of lamb curry.
Meals include beef chilli, Thai red curry, and haggis, neeps and tatties - with the hope of adding fresh fish caught at sea.
Several of the party’s candidates scurried around the Anaheim convention center, trying to curry favor with the state’s most liberal activists while also drawing contrasts with their rivals.
He lived by the maxim that "a hot curry or a paracetamol" would cure all ailments - and "if that didn't work you, you just got on with it," according to his daughter, Tracy Fisher.
Staying true to the South Korean right’s self-identification as the staunchly pro-U.S. political camp, Kim has accused Lee of seeking to curry favor with China at the expense of the U.S.-South Korea relationship.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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