Curry

curry
    n 1: (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats
         flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
    v 1: season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
    2: treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"
    3: give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the
       horses" [syn: {dress}, {groom}, {curry}]
    

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.
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   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.
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            Your short horse is soon curried.     --Beau. & FL.
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   3. To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.
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            I have seen him curry a fellow's carcass handsomely.
                                                  --Beau. & FL.
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   {To curry favor}, to seek to gain favor by flattery or
      attentions. See {Favor}, n.
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Curry \Cur"ry\ (k?r"r?), v. t.
   To flavor or cook with curry.
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Curry \Cur"ry\, n. [Tamil kari.] [Written also {currie}.]
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   1. (Cookery) A kind of sauce much used in India, containing
      garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.
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   2. A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.
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   {Curry powder} (Cookery), a condiment used for making curry,
      formed of various materials, including strong spices, as
      pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc.
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Curry -- U.S. County in New Mexico
   Population (2000):    45044
   Housing Units (2000): 19212
   Land area (2000):     1405.949452 sq. miles (3641.392209 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    1.718479 sq. miles (4.450841 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1407.667931 sq. miles (3645.843050 sq. km)
   Located within:       New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
   Location:             34.481212 N, 103.253378 W
   Headwords:
    Curry
    Curry, NM
    Curry County
    Curry County, NM
    

Curry -- U.S. County in Oregon
   Population (2000):    21137
   Housing Units (2000): 11406
   Land area (2000):     1627.382872 sq. miles (4214.902111 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    361.192062 sq. miles (935.483105 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1988.574934 sq. miles (5150.385216 sq. km)
   Located within:       Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
   Location:             42.398153 N, 124.279359 W
   Headwords:
    Curry
    Curry, OR
    Curry County
    Curry County, OR
    

92 Moby Thesaurus words for "curry":
      Irish stew, bake, barbecue, baste, bed, bed down, blanch, boil,
      bouillabaisse, braise, break, brew, bridle, broil, brown, brush,
      card, chowder, clobber, coddle, comb, cook, currycomb, devil, do,
      do to perfection, drench, drub, etuvee, feed, fire, fodder,
      fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, gentle, goulash, griddle, grill,
      groom, hackle, handle, harness, hatchel, heat, heckle, hitch, lick,
      litter, manage, meat stew, milk, mulligan, mulligan stew, olio,
      olla, olla podrida, oven-bake, overwhelm, oyster stew, paella, pan,
      pan-broil, parboil, poach, prepare, prepare food, ragout, rake,
      roast, rub down, saddle, saute, scallop, sear, shellac, shirr,
      simmer, smear, smother, steam, stew, stir-fry, tame, tend, thrash,
      toast, train, trim, water, yoke