1. n. & v.
--n. (pl. -ies) a dish of meat, vegetables, etc., cooked in a sauce of hot-tasting spices, usu. served with rice.
--v.tr. (-ies, -ied) prepare or flavour with a sauce of hot-tasting spices (curried eggs).
Phrases and idioms:
curry-powder a preparation of turmeric and other spices for making curry.
Etymology: Tamil 2. v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1. groom (a horse) with a curry-comb.
2 treat (tanned leather) to improve its properties.
3 thrash.
Phrases and idioms:
curry-comb a hand-held metal serrated device for grooming horses. curry favour ingratiate oneself.
Etymology: ME f. OF correier ult. f. Gmc