Sekirov Dictionary

curry

/ˈkʌ.ɹi/

noun 4
verb 9
forms 3
phrases 3

noun4

One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavored with curry powder.
Curry powder.
•
(offensive) A person of South Asian heritage.
- […] while another tells us that white women “are also THE most racist group of foids. they would rather put a bullet through their brain than date a curry or sandcel.” — 2020

verb9

(figurative) To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.
To cook or season with curry powder.
•
To perform currying upon.
- The easiest way to curry parameters is to create a function that takes a parameter block and returns a function that will call the original function with the presupplied parameters as defaults […]. — 2011
•
To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.
- Your short horse is soon curried. — 1610
To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
•
To beat, thrash; to drub.
- I have seen him curry a fellow's carcase handsomely. — 1619
(no longer used) To scurry; to ride or run hastily
•
(no longer used) To hurry.
- A sermon is soon curryed over. — 1676
•
(no longer used) To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range).
- I am not hee that can ... by midnight leape my horse, curry seauen miles. — 1608

forms

curried · currying · curries

Phrases with curry

This dictionary works without the internet: on your phone · in Chrome