to curry

Examples

• All

• Every Saturday, I like to curry chicken with coconut milk and turmeric.

• He learned how to curry the meat for a traditional Indian feast.

• Eat your curried eggs, dear.

  The Moon-Spinners (1964)

• I'm tired of curried eggs.

  The Moon-Spinners (1964)

• I have yet to try a curried chicken or turkey salad.

  Blog text (10)

• - Tuna with curried mayonnaise.

  Multiplicity (1996)

• I had rotisseried lamb on curried rice.

  Fiction book (1992)

• When the others hadn't arrived by dusk, he cooked curried rice and beans.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Josh spooned chunks of curried potato onto their plates.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Dean ordered the glazed pork loin sandwich; Fegan ordered the curried bay shrimp.

  Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

S

to season

vsto curry

43 1.7

To add salt, herbs, or spices to food

uses a mixed Indian spice blend rather than general flavorings

S

to spice up

vsto curry

2 2.8

To add spices or herbs to food to make it taste better

focuses on using a specific mixed spice blend in Indian style

D

to devil

vsto curry

• Specialized

1 8.6

To prepare food with hot, spicy seasoning

uses mixed spices linked to Indian cooking rather than a mustard paste

Idioms

C

to curry favor

• US

10 7.4

To try to get someone to like you by praising them or being too helpful

Compounds

C

chicken curry

3 1.3

A dish of chicken cooked in a spicy sauce often served with rice

C

curry powder

3 1.6

A mix of ground spices like cumin, coriander, and turmeric used to season food

C

curry sauce

3 1.0

A spicy, often creamy liquid people make with Indian spices for meat, rice, or vegetables

L

lamb curry

1 2.3

A dish of lamb cooked in a spicy sauce like Indian food

C

curry leaf

1 3.2

A small leaf used in South Indian and Sri Lankan cooking to add a strong smell and taste

S

spicy curry

1 2.1

A meal made with many strong spices that makes your mouth feel hot

C

curry chip

• UK

4.0

Fried potato chips coated with curry powder and served hot as a snack

C

curry nigger

• Slur

9.9

An extremely offensive racist word for people from South Asia

How Spiced

to pepper

9 1.0

to curry

4 2.7

to spice

15 2.3

to season

43 1.7

to flavor

• US

73 1.9

Surface Forms

Etymology