Curry /(k?r"r?)/

Cur·ry

Curry

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Curried; p. pr. & vb. n. Currying

  1. To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.
  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.
    Your short horse is soon curried.
    — Beau. & FL.
  3. To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.
    I have seen him curry a fellow's carcass handsomely.
    — Beau. & FL.

Phrases & Compounds
To curry favor
to seek to gain favor by flattery or attentions. See Favor, n.

Curry

n.
  1. A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices. (Cookery)
  2. A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.

Phrases & Compounds
Curry powder
a condiment used for making curry, formed of various materials, including strong spices, as pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc.

Curry

v. t.
  1. To flavor or cook with curry.