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to curried

to curried

8.5
To groom an animal by brushing it with a currycomb
  • verb
  • /ˈkɜːrid/
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  • Before the parade, she carefully curried her pony until it gleamed.

Examples

  • The stable hand curried the horse every morning to keep its coat healthy.

  • He curried the mare after a long ride through the muddy fields.

  • He curried the horse before the show.

  • The groom curries the horses daily.

  • The stable hand curried the horse every morning to keep its coat healthy.

  • Before the parade, she carefully curried her pony until it gleamed.

  • He curried the mare after a long ride through the muddy fields.

Synonyms

to groom
vsto curried
40 2.3

To make hair or fur clean and neat by brushing

focuses on animal cleaning with a short-toothed brush not general appearance care
to curry
vsto curried
1 8.2

To brush an animal's coat to make it clean and shiny

specifies cleaning using a short-toothed brush rather than general brushing
to currycomb
vsto curried
9.1

To clean a horse's coat with a comb that has short teeth

refers to the completed act of cleaning with that short-toothed brush

How Groomed

to curried
8.5
to groom
40 2.3
to clean
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

curried infinitive
curried past
curried past participle
currying present participle
curries third person singular

Morphology

curried = curry (transparent) = curry + ed

Regular past-tense/past-participle formation from the verb 'curry' using the productive English suffix -ed.

Etymology

Curried as the past action comes from the verb curry, which comes from using a currycomb; curry meant 'to rub and comb' animals, so to curry a horse is to clean and groom it.