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[ˈkʌri], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a dish of meat, vegetables, etc., cooked in an Indian-style sauce of hot-tasting spices and typically served with rice
(e.g: we went out for a curry)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late 16th century: from Tamil kaṟi
[ˈkʌri], (Verb)
Definitions:
- prepare or flavour (food) with a sauce of hot-tasting spices
Phrases:
Origin
:
late 16th century: from Tamil kaṟi
[ˈkʌri], (Verb)
Definitions:
- groom (a horse) with a curry comb
(e.g: I was brushing and currying the horse)
- treat (tanned leather) to improve its properties
(e.g: I made the deer's hide be curried and dressed by a tanner)
- thrash; beat
(e.g: he swore he would curry his hide)
Phrases:
- curry favour
Origin
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Middle English: from Old French correier, ultimately of Germanic origin
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