curry
[verb]
Synonyms: whip, clobber, drub, lick, overwhelm, shellac, smear, smother, thrash, trim

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I. cur‧ry¹ /ˈkʌri $ ˈkɜːri/ noun (plural curries) [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Tamil; Origin: kari]
a type of food from India, consisting of meat or vegetables in a spicy sauce:
chicken curry

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II. curry² verb (past tense and past participle curried, present participle currying, third person singular curries)
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: correer 'to prepare, curry', from Vulgar Latin conredare; ]
[Origin: favor from favel 'brown horse (as a sign of dishonesty)' (14-16 centuries), from Old French fauvel]
curry favour (with somebody) to try to make someone like you or notice you in order to get something that you want – used to show disapproval:
a businessman who made several attempts to curry favour with politicians

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curry
noun
ADJ. hot | mild | beef, chicken, vegetable, etc. | Indian | madras, vindaloo, etc.
VERB + CURRY eat, have | cook, make, prepare | go for Let's go for a curry after the film.
CURRY + NOUN paste, powder | sauce | house (= a restaurant that serves curry)
 ⇒ Special page at FOOD

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curry

hot (=with a strong, burning taste that comes from strong spices)
I love really hot curry.
medium (=quite hot)
She ordered a medium curry.
mild (=not hot)
Children often enjoy mild curry.
chicken/beef/vegetable etc curry
I think I’ll have a chicken curry.
an Indian/Thai etc curry (=made from Indian, Thai etc recipes)
curry powder (=a mixture of spices for making curry)
curry sauce (=a sauce for making curry, often in a jar)
a curry house British English (=a restaurant that serves curry)
Let’s try that new curry house in town.
have curry
For dinner we had curry and rice.
go for a curry (=go to a restaurant to eat a curry)
How about going for a curry on Saturday night?

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