curry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: curry	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for curry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
curry n (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice v season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather" give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses" Synonym(s): dress, groom, curry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curry \Cur"ry\ (k?r"r?), v. t. To flavor or cook with curry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curry \Cur"ry\ (k?r"r?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curried} (-r?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Currying}.] [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}.] 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. {To curry favor}, to seek to gain favor by flattery or attentions. See {Favor}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curry \Cur"ry\, n. [Tamil kari.] [Written also {currie}.] 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. {Curry powder} (Cookery), a condiment used for making curry, formed of various materials, including strong spices, as pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc.