Dictionary Entry
curry
curry is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.
- 4noun
A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.
- 5noun
A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.
- 6transitive verb
To flavor or cook with curry.
- 7noun
(East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- 8verb
give a neat appearance to
"groom the dogs"
"dress the horses"
- 9verb
treat by incorporating fat
"curry tanned leather"
- 10verb
season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
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