see|Curry
English

Pronunciation
AHD|kŭrʹ�, IPA|/�k�ri/, SAMPA|/"kVri/
rhymes|�ri

Etymology 1
From Tamil kari.

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|curr|ies

1. Any dish, especially a stew made with various kinds of meat or seafood, flavored with curry powder.
2. A sauce or relish whose principal flavoring is curry powder.
3. US curry powder|Curry powder
4. Used attributively, cooked with curry.

#*1990 Helen Willinsky - Jerk: Barbecue from Jamaica
#*:Until recently, we usually fixed curry goat, another national dish, for large parties.
#*2006 Elka Paquette - Taboo
#*:Mum replied, "Oh everything, fried jerk chicken, fried fish, rice and peas and the curry mutton's been cooking, from this morning.

1. context|Australian English To give (someone) a bit of curry; to rebuke, discipline, or criticize; harass.

Synonyms
(dish): ruby murray italbrac|rhyming slang
(curry powder): curry powder

Derived terms
curry paste
curry powder
give someone curry

Translations
trans-top|stew made with curry powder
Finnish: t+|fi|curry, t-|fi|currypata
French: t+|fr|curry|m
Japanese: t|ja|���|trkar�|scJpan
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Slovene: t-|sl|kari|m
Vietnamese: t+|vi|cà ri|xsVietnamese, t+|vi|ca ri|xsVietnamese
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trans-top|sauce flavored with curry powder
Finnish: t-|fi|currykastike
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trans-top|curry powder
See curry powder
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trans-top|cooked with curry
Finnish: curry-
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ttbc|Chinese: �� (g�lí)
ttbc|Dutch: kerrie m (1), curry m (1)
ttbc|German: Curry n (1, 2)
ttbc|Portuguese: #Portuguese|curry m
ttbc|Spanish: #Spanish|curry m
ttbc|Tamil: �றி
ttbc|Telugu: ��ర (koora)
ttbc|Thai: THchar|��� (gaeng)
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See also
rel-top|see also
balti
bhaji
bhuna
biryani
chilli
chutney
dhansak
dopiaza
garam masala
herb
jalfresi
karahi
korma
madras
makhani, makhonee
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moghlai
naan
pakora
papadum, poppadum
paratha
pasanda
phall
roghan josh
samosa
spice
tandoor
tandoori
tikka masala
vindaloo
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Verb
en-verb|curries|currying|curried

1. transitive To season with curry powder.

Translations
trans-top|to season with curry
Finnish: maustaa curry|currylla
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Etymology 2
From Old French correer

Verb
en-verb|curries|currying|curried

1. transitive To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb
2. transitive To dress leather after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping, and colouring
3. transitive To beat, thrash; to drub
4. transitive To try to win or gain favour by flattering.

#*Usage note: When used in the phrase to curry favour, sometimes as to curry favor with.

Translations
trans-top|to groom a horse
Dutch: roskammen
Finnish: t-|fi|sukia
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trans-top|to dress leather
Finnish: t+|fi|muokata
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trans-top|to beat or thrash
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trans-top|to flatter
See: flatter
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ttbc|German: striegeln (1)
ttbc|Spanish: congraciarse con (3)
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French

Etymology
E. #curry|curry

Pronunciation
IPA|/ky�i/

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. #Noun|curry

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