to curry

Examples

• All

• I curried the coffee-colored sweat stains from her back, congratulating her on her triumph, and patted her silky neck when I released the halter.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The artisan carefully curries the leather to ensure it remains supple and durable for the upcoming season.

• After soaking in oils, he expertly curries the leather to achieve the perfect texture.

• It's essential to curry the leather correctly to maintain its quality and appearance over time.

Antonyms

R

to ruin

∞ 2.0

Destroy or badly damage something so it cannot be used

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 Treated

to finish

• Informal

239 2.4

to curry

• Specialized

9.9

to oil

42 4.1

to treat

211 3.2

to clean

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology