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curry

1

[ 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.



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

Curry

1

/ ˈʌɪ /

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
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curry

2

/ ˈʌɪ /

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.
    to assault (a person) verbally or physically
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to prepare (food) with curry powder or sauce
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

curry

3

/ ˈʌɪ /

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
    to ingratiate oneself, esp with superiors
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of curry1

First recorded in 1590–1600, from Tamil 첹ṟi “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 Dz԰ŧ (unrecorded); corody
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yvlog 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 Dz԰ŧ (unattested), from ŧ (unattested) to provide, of Germanic origin
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Idioms and Phrases

  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.
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Entwined on these YouTube channels are narratives of the opposition Democratic Party being obsequious to Beijing and trying to curry favour with Pyongyang.

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But rather than curry favour, he launched an investigation into one of its ministers.

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"She's telling everybody that Brad Burton is in jail, but I was actually out in Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset having a curry with him," he says.

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Though Schleifer’s family might be wealthy, the source said, the firing seemed politically motivated and meant to scare prosecutors who might pursue defendants who curry favor with Trump.

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In contrast, she was wary of Kennedy — too smooth, too willing to alter his backstory to curry favor.

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