curry

Definition of curry in English English dictionary: A family name of Irish origin, from Ó Comhraidhe; A sauce or relish whose principal flavoring is curry powder; To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range)
All these shots shall curry or finish their ranges in times equal to each other.; To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb; Any dish, especially a stew, flavored with curry powder; To hurry
A sermon is soon curryed over.; To scurry; to ride or run hastily; To cook or season with curry powder; To perform currying upon; To dress leather after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring; To beat, thrash; to drub; Curry powder; To try to win or gain favour by flattering; {v} to dress lether, rub, drub, flatter; a catchall term meaning a number of hot spicy dishes from India; To the Indians, the term curry means gravy or sauce, Curries are what made Indian cuisine famous all over the world, the most famous of all is the Chicken Curry Residents of the rest of the world, however, have come to think of "curry" as simply a thick creamy yellow sauce or any dish seasoned with a curry-powder blend, whether it has a sauce or not An authentic Indian curry is an intricate combination of a stir-fried wet masala (mixture of onion, garlic, ginger, and tomatoes), various spices and seasonings with which meat, poultry, vegetables or fish is prepared to produce a stew-type dish Top; 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; 8/99Pure functional language w/ logic features, Germany, 1997; {f} brush down a horse; prepare leather; beat, hit; flavor with curry powder; (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"; To dress leather after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping, and colouring; treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"; A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry; A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices; season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking; {i} curry powder, seasoning which is made from a combination of tumeric and other spices (commonly used in East Indian dishes); food seasoned with curry; Curry is a dish composed of meat and vegetables, or just vegetables, in a sauce containing hot spices. It is usually eaten with rice and is one of the main dishes of India. vegetable curry I went for a curry last night; If one person tries to curry favour with another, they do things in order to try to gain their support or co-operation. Politicians are eager to promote their `happy family' image to curry favour with voters. curries a type of food from India, consisting of meat or vegetables in a spicy sauce. curried currying curries curry favour (with sb) to try to make someone like you or notice you in order to get something that you want - used to show disapproval. (from Tamil kari, "sauce") Dish or sauce in Indian cuisine. It is seasoned with a mixture of spices often including turmeric, cumin, coriander, ginger, as well as garlic and chiles. Some of the curry spices are known for their antiseptic and preservative properties. Curries have been a part of South Asian cookery since antiquity. The primarily vegetarian curries of southern India are the most pungent. Those of northern India, where lamb and poultry are eaten, generally avoid hot or pungent ingredients; Indian meat or vegetables in spicy sauce; To give (someone) a bit of curry; to rebuke, discipline, or criticize; harass; This word refers to any number of hot, spicy, gravy-like dishes from East India Comes from the Indian word "kari," which means "sauce " Curry powder is a primary ingredient in curry; (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice; Is a classic spice of the India, where they called "Masala" Generally, is composed by the coriander, nutmeg, ginger, cumin, pepper, chili, etc The yellow color that posseses owes it to the "cÃºrcuma" , that is a kind of specie (saffron) in the India ItÂ´s used in different dishes; give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"; 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; To beat or bruise; to drub; said of persons; Any dish, especially a stew made with various kinds of meat or seafood, flavored with curry powder; Used attributively, cooked with curry; To season with curry powder; gaeng
curry code: In functional programming, a form of programming in which a function can take a dynamic number of arguments
curry comb: a flat comb used to brush down a horse
curry favor: To seek to gain favor by flattery or attention
curry favour: Alternative spelling of curry favor
curry house: an Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi restaurant
curry houses: plural form of curry house
curry paste: curry powder that has had oil, milk or water added. Pastes that are sold commercially invariably use oil as the medium to better preserve the flavours
curry pastes: plural form of curry paste
curry powder: A mixture of spices, usually including turmeric, commonly used in Asian cooking
curry powders: plural form of curry powder
curry favor: seek favor by fawning or flattery; "This employee is currying favor with his superordinates
curry favor: apple-polish; toady; win favor by complimenting somebody, gain favor by using flattery
curry leaf: The fragrant leaf of the curry-leaf tree (Murraya koenigii), a plant native to India, used as a seasoning in cooking
curry powder: A blend of up to 20 herbs and spices, curry powder is widely used in Indian cooking Recipe: Sweet Potato Fries with Curried Mayonnaise Dip
curry powder: There are dozens of mixtures of spices commercially available as curry powder Enthusiasts of Indian food are more likely to purchase curry powder at an Indian food store or a spice shop, than to buy at supermarket brands
curry powder: pungent blend of cumin and ground coriander seed and turmeric and other spices
curry powder: Curry powder is a powder made from a mixture of spices. It is used in cooking, especially when making curry. A pungent seasoning prepared from cumin, coriander, turmeric, and other spices. a mixture of spices, used in cooking to give food a spicy taste
curry powder: type of spice used in food
curry powder: A condiment consisting of several pungent ground spices including cayenne pepper, turmeric, and fenugreek
curry powder: spice blend a blend of cloves, cinnamon, cumin, turmeric, cardamom, fenugreek, coriander, mace, white pepper d
curry powder: - usually cumin seeds, coriander seeds, mustard seeds, dried red chilies, cinnamon, turmeric, and ground ginger May also have paprika, cloves, saffron, fenugreek, cardamom, or fresh curry leaves
curry powder: a blend of dry herbs and spices used in curry dishes
curry sauce: allemande sauce with curry powder and coconut milk instead of stock
curried: Cooked or flavoured with curry
We had curried fish for dinner last night.
curried: Simple past tense and past participle of curry
give curry: to direct abusive language at (someone) angrily
curried: {a} dressed, cleaned, beaten, drubbed
currier: {n} a dresser of lether already tanned
Currie: {i} family name; Betty Currie (born 1939), personal secretary of U.S. President Bill Clinton (served as the liaison between Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton and was investigated during the Lewsinky/Clinton scandal); city in the state of Maine (USA); city in the state of New York (USA)
Curry powder: curry
Tim Curry: (born 1946) British film and stage actor, star of the films "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "The Hunt for Red October
currie: See 2d & 3d Curry
curried: Prepared with curry; as, curried rice, fowl, etc
curried: Dressed by currying; cleaned; prepared
curried: {s} cleaned; prepared; dressed by currying; flavored or prepared with curry powder
curried: Curried meat or vegetables have been flavoured with hot spices. cooked with hot spices
currier: A specialist in the leather processing industry
currier: One who curries and dresses leather, after it is tanned
currier: United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
currier: a craftsman who curries leather for use United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
currier: a craftsman who curries leather for use
currier: {i} one who grooms horses; one who treats leather; one who beats, one who thrashes
curries: Plural of curry
currying: The technique of transforming a function that takes multiple arguments into a function that takes a single argument (the first of the arguments to the original function) and returns a new function that takes the remainder of the arguments and returns the result
currying: present participle of curry
lamb curry: curry made with lamb

curry

Hyphenation

cur·ry

Turkish pronunciation

kıri

Synonyms

ruby murray, curry powder

Pronunciation

/ˈkərē/ /ˈkɜriː/

Etymology

[ 'k&r-E, 'k&-rE ] (transitive verb.) 13th century. 1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in EnglishHannah Glasse|Hannah Glasse]], Glasse’s Art of Cookery, 1747), from Tamil கறி (kari), influenced by existing Middle English cury (“cooking”), from French cuire (“to cook”) (from which also cuisine), from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquere, present active infinitive of coquō. Earlier cury found in 1390 cookbook Forme of Cury (Forms of Cooking) by court chefs of Richard II of England.