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Noun: curry  kur-ee or kú-ree [N. Amer], kú-ree [Brit]
  1. (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavoured with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
Verb: curry  kur-ee or kú-ree [N. Amer], kú-ree [Brit]
  1. (cooking) season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
     
  2. Treat by incorporating fat
    "curry tanned leather"
     
  3. Give a neat appearance to
    "curry the horses";
    - dress, groom

Derived forms: currying, curried, curries

Type of: beautify, dish, embellish, fancify, flavor [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], prettify, process, season, treat

Encyclopedia: Curry, Peter