VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / curry

Thesaurus: curry

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

Definitions

  1. v. t. To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.
  2. v. t. 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.
  3. v. t. To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.
  4. n. A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.
  5. n. A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.
  6. v. t. To flavor or cook with curry.
  7. n. (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
  8. v. season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
  9. v. treat by incorporating fat
  10. v. give a neat appearance to
  11. 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. 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. To flavor or cook with curry.
  12. A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper,ginger, and other strong spices.