curry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  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
    groom; dress.
    • groom the dogs
    • dress the horses

WordNet

Cur"ry transitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Curried present participle & verbal noun Currying
Definitions
  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.
Cur"ry noun
Etymology
Tamil kari.
Definitions
  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.
Cur"ry transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To flavor or cook with curry.

Webster 1913