Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - curry

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