curry

[Cur·ry]

Curry is a South Asian style dish of vegetables or meat in a very flavorful, spicy sauce. You can try many types of curry in an Indian restaurant.

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

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

Verb
give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"

Verb
treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"

Verb
season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking


v. t.
To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.

n.
A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.

n.
A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.

v. t.
To flavor or cook with curry.


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. 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.
3. To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.
I have seen him curry a fellow's carcass handsomely.
To curry favor, to seek to gain favor by flattery or attentions. See Favor, n.

Curry

Cur"ry, n. [Tamil kari.] [Written also currie.] 1. (Cookery) A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices. 2. A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry. Curry powder (Cookery), a condiment used for making curry, formed of various materials, including strong spices, as pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc.

Curry

Cur"ry (k?r"r?), v. t. To flavor or cook with curry.

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

A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.

To flavor or cook with curry.

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Southeast Asia food uses many different types of spices which are quite new to me, like the curry leaves which I saw at the Kreta Ayer wet market in Chinatown. With such spices used in cooking, this usually imparts a strong aroma to Southeast Asian food, which appeals to the senses.

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