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Definition of Curry

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

2. Verb. Season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking.

3. Verb. Treat by incorporating fat. "Curry tanned leather"

4. Verb. Give a neat appearance to. "They Curry the animals"; "Dress the horses"

Definition of Curry

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

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

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

Definition of Curry

1. Proper noun. A family name of Irish origin, from Ó Comhraidhe ¹

2. Noun. One of a family of dishes originating from South Asian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce. ¹

3. Noun. A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured with curry powder. ¹

4. Noun. Curry powder ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To cook or season with curry powder. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a ''curry comb'' ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To beat, thrash; to drub ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive computing) To perform currying upon. ¹

11. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To scurry; to ride or run hastily. ¹

12. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range). ¹

13. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To hurry. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Curry

1. to prepare leather for use or sale [v -RIED, -RYING, -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curry

curriculums currie curried currier currieries curriers curriery curries currijong currijongs

curring currish currishly currishness currs curry code curry comb curry favor curry favour curry house

curry houses curry ketchup curry paste curry pastes curry powder curry powders curry sauce currycomb currycombed

Literary usage of Curry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1914)
"Curry, Archibald, 6th S., I, 909. Curry, Danel, 6th S., II, 130. ... Curry, Isaac, 6th S., V, 199. Curry, James, 6th S., III, 431, 687, 1352; VII, 107; XI, ..."

2. Calendar of Papers in Washington Archives Relating to the Territories of the by David W. Parker (1911)
"GL Curry to Edward Theil. Has complied with latter's requests, etc. ... Thomas R. McConnell to GL Curry. Col. Bonneville will send howitzer to Rogue River ..."

3. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial ...by Edward Balfour by Edward Balfour (1871)
"Curry is daily used in every family on the coast, wherever the Bengali, the Tamul, Telugu, and Mahratta people have spread, in greater or less quantity ..."

4. The Ontario Reports: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the Queen's by Ontario High Court of Justice (1901)
"The claim now in question was made in the Master's office in these administration proceedings in which John Curry, as the surviving executor of Jas. ..."

5. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"Doctor Curry had been a soldier in two wars, a maker of laws in state and ... The intense, rich life of Doctor Curry covered an equally rich period of his ..."

6. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1908)
"sympathetic and clear presentation by Dr. Curry, many of the greatest poems of ... In an admirable sketch of Dr. Curry and his work, written by Professor ..."

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