To rub and clean (a horse) with a comb; groom: sometimes used in contempt, with reference to a person.

Hence2. To stroke as if to soothe; flatter.

To dress or prepare (tanned hides) for use by soaking, skiving, shaving, scouring, coloring, graining, etc.

Figuratively, to beat; drub; thrash: as, to curry one's hide.

To flavor or prepare with curry.

noun. A kind of sauce or relish, made of meat, fish, fowl, fruit, eggs, or vegetables, cooked with bruised spices, such as cayenne-pepper, coriander-seed, ginger, garlic, etc., with turmeric, much used in India and elsewhere as a relish or flavoring for boiled rice.

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

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.

transitive verb. to seek to gain favor by flattery or attentions. See Favor, n.

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

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

noun. a condiment used for making curry, formed of various materials, including strong spices, as pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc.

transitive verb. To flavor or cook with curry.

verb. To perform currying upon.

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

noun. A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured with curry powder.

noun. Curry powder

verb. To cook or season with curry powder.

verb. To scurry; to ride or run hastily.

verb. To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range).

verb. To hurry.

verb. To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb

verb. To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring

verb. To beat, thrash; to drub

verb. To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.

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

verb. treat by incorporating fat

verb. season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking

verb. give a neat appearance to

"This kofta curry is an original from my kitchen lab."

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