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(curries, currying, curried) 1. Curry is a dish composed of meat and vegetables, or just vegetables, in a sauce containing hot spices. It is usually eaten with rice and is one of the main dishes of India. ...vegetable curry... I went for a curry last night. N-VAR 2. If one person tries to curry favour with another, they do things in order to try to gain their support or co-operation. Politicians are eager to promote their ‘happy family’ image to curry favour with voters. PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR with n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. transitive verb (curried; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English currayen, from Anglo-French cunreier, correier to prepare, ~, from Vulgar Latin *conredare, from Latin com- + a base of Germanic origin; akin to Gothic garaiths arrayed — more at ready Date: 13th century 1. to clean the coat of (as a horse) with a ~comb 2. to treat (tanned leather) especially by incorporating oil or grease 3. beat, thrash • currier noun II. noun also currie (plural curries) Etymology: Tamil ka?i (or a cognate word in a Dravidian language) Date: 1681 1. a food, dish, or sauce in Indian cuisine seasoned with a mixture of pungent spices; also a food or dish seasoned with ~ powder 2. ~ powder III. transitive verb (curried; ~ing) Date: 1839 to flavor or cook with ~ powder or a ~ sauce CURRY biographical name John Steuart 1897-1946 American painter ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) a dish of meat, vegetables, etc., cooked in a sauce of hot-tasting spices, usu. served with rice. --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) prepare or flavour with a sauce of hot-tasting spices (curried eggs). Phrases and idioms curry-powder a preparation of turmeric and other spices for making curry. Etymology: Tamil 2. v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 groom (a horse) with a curry-comb. 2 treat (tanned leather) to improve its properties. 3 thrash. Phrases and idioms curry-comb a hand-held metal serrated device for grooming horses. curry favour ingratiate oneself. Etymology: ME f. OF correier ult. f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. карри 2. карри; блюдо, приправленное карри chicken curry —- карри из курицы 3. приправлять кушанье карри 4. чистить щеткой со скребницей 5. выделывать кожу 6. бить, колотить; задать трепку Id: to curry flavour with smb. —- заискивать перед кем-л., подлизываться к кому-л. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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favour заискивать, подлизываться CURRY I 1. noun 1) кэрри (приправа из куркумового корня, чеснока и разных пряностей) 2) блюдо, приправленное кэрри 2. v. приготовлять блюда с кэрри, приправлять кэрри II v. 1) чистить скребницей 2) выделывать кожу - curry favour ...Англо-русский словарь
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