curry.
One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
Meaning & usage
One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
beef curry
vegetarian curry
A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavored with curry powder.
Curry powder.
A person of South Asian heritage.
Where this word comes from
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.
To cook or season with curry powder.
Where this word comes from
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English currayen, from Old French correer (“to prepare”), presumably from Vulgar Latin *conredare, from Latin com- (a form of con- (“with; together”)) + a verb derived from Proto-Germanic *raidaz. More at ready.
To perform currying upon.
Where this word comes from
Named after American mathematician Haskell Curry.
To scurry; to ride or run hastily
To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range).
To hurry.
Where this word comes from
Possibly derived from currier, a common 16th- to 18th-century form of courier, as if to ride post, to post. Possibly influenced by scurry.
Obsolete form of quarry.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.