curry

Plural: curries

Noun

(East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
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.
A person of South Asian heritage.
Someone who begs for an invite for private trackers on /ptg/(private tracker general) of 4chan.
Obsolete form of quarry.

Verb

Verb Forms: curried, currying, curries

To groom a horse or prepare tanned leather for use.
season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
treat by incorporating fat
- "curry tanned leather"
give a neat appearance to
To cook or season with curry powder.
To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.
To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
To beat, thrash; to drub.
To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.
To perform currying upon.
To scurry; to ride or run hastily
To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range).
To hurry.

Examples

He tried to CURRY favor with the dictionary by playing only obscure, high-scoring words.

Origin / Etymology

1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English), from Tamil கறி (kaṟi), influenced by existing Middle English cury (“cooking”), from Middle French cuyre (“to cook”) (whence also cuisine), from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquere.
Earlier cury found in 1390 cookbook Forme of Cury (Forms of Cooking) by court chefs of Richard II of England.

Synonyms

dress, groom, Ruby Murray, curry powder

Scrabble Score: 10

curry: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
curry: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
curry: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

curry: valid Words With Friends Word