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Meaning of 'curry' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Curry [ n.]
- A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.
- A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.
2 . Curry [ v. t.]
- To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.
- 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.
- To flavor or cook with curry.

Meaning of 'curry' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . curry [ v]
Meaning (1):
- treat by incorporating fat
Example in sentence:
  • curry tanned leather
Meaning (2):
- give a neat appearance to
Example in sentence:
  • dress the horses;
  • groom the dogs

Nearby Words:

cur curability curable curacao curacies curacoa curacy curare curari curarine

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