to curry
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8.2
- verb
- /ˈkɜːri/
:
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- You could argue he'd done it to curry favor with the guards.
- curry and brush
Examples
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Some wealthy, influential citizen merely to curry favour?
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"I could help feed and curry them, too, if you want," Jess says, her face beaming.
Fiction book (2001) -
In spring, we mostly curry our own horses.
Fiction book (1999) -
"Where you will go is outside to curry and brush my horse, as soon as you have served our guest.
Fiction book (1999) -
I could hang on to her backbone to curry her belly.
Fiction book (1992) -
All curried, combed and washed behind the ears.
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On the day of the parade, the one Mrs. Williams chose was washed, curried, and brushed to a silvery shine.
Fiction book (1997) -
After school, I curried Skylark's flanks until my mother was ready for our amble along a stony road at the side of a hayfield.
Fiction book (1996) -
Dozens of grooms were at work, currying and combing, mucking out, mending tack.
Fiction book (1992) -
She took a brush and started to curry the horse's thick coat before the competition.
Synonyms
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2.3
To make hair or fur clean and neat by brushing
To clean a horse's coat with a comb that has short teeth
Idioms
Compounds
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1.0
A spicy, often creamy liquid people make with Indian spices for meat, rice, or vegetables
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3.2
A small leaf used in South Indian and Sri Lankan cooking to add a strong smell and taste
How Groomed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Curry (to groom an animal) shares the same idea of rubbing and preparing as the leather sense, and you can see this in the tool called a currycomb, so to curry a horse is to brush and rub its coat to clean and smooth it.