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