Curried

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Curried \Cur"ried\ (-r?d), p. a. [See {Curry}, v. t., and
     {Curry}, n.]
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     1. Dressed by currying; cleaned; prepared.
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     2. Prepared with curry; as, curried rice, fowl, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Curry \Cur"ry\ (k?r"r?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curried} (-r?d);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Currying}.] [OE. curraien, curreien, OF.
     cunreer, correier, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry (a
     horse), F. corroyer to curry (leather) (cf. OF. conrei,
     conroi, order, arrangement, LL. conredium); cor- (L.com-) +
     roi, rei, arrangement, order; prob. of German origin, and
     akin to E. ready. See {Ready}, {Greith}, and cf. {Corody},
     {Array}.]
     1. To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping,
        cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of
        leather.
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     2. To dress the hair or coat of (a horse, ox, or the like)
        with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order
        to make clean.
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              Your short horse is soon curried.     --Beau. & FL.
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     3. To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.
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              I have seen him curry a fellow's carcass handsomely.
                                                    --Beau. & FL.
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     {To curry favor}, to seek to gain favor by flattery or
        attentions. See {Favor}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curried
       See {curry}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curry
       n : (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats
           flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
       v 1: season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
       2: treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"
       3: give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the
          horses" [syn: {dress}, {groom}]
       [also: {curried}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "curried":
     baked, boiled, braised, brisk, broiled, browned, burning, coddled,
     cooked, deviled, fired, fricasseed, fried, grilled, heated,
     high-seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, lively, nippy, oven-baked,
     pan-broiled, parboiled, peppery, poached, racy, roast, roasted,
     sauteed, scalloped, seared, seasoned, shirred, snappy, spiced,
     spicy, steamed, stewed, tangy, toasted, with a kick, zestful,
     zesty, zippy