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currying

currying

6.8
Brushing an animal's coat to remove dirt and loose hair
  • noun
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  • The stablehand spent the morning currying the horses before their exercise.

Examples

  • He enjoys currying his horse every morning.

  • Regular currying helps keep a horse's coat shiny and healthy.

  • Proper currying removes dirt and loose hair from the animal's body.

  • After currying, the horse looked shiny and clean.

  • After a long ride, the horse enjoyed a thorough currying that left its coat shiny and smooth.

  • She spent the afternoon currying her pony, using a currycomb to remove dirt and loose hair.

  • The stable workers regularly practice currying to keep the horses looking healthy and well-groomed.

Synonyms

brushing
vscurrying
3 1.0

To move a brush through hair to make it smooth

is the same action but applied to clean animals, especially horses

How Thorough

washing
46 1.0
scrubbing
17 1.0
currying
6.8
brushing
3 1.0

Surface Forms

currying singular
currings plural

Morphology

currying = curry (transparent) = curry + ing

Standard verb + -ing gerund/nominalization; the act of grooming is directly derived from the verb 'curry'.

Etymology

Currying for animals comes from the brush called a currycomb, which is used to rub a horse and remove dirt and loose hair, so the action meant 'to clean' or 'to rub down' the animal. So, currying a horse is simply brushing and cleaning its coat.