CURRY (curried)
Dictionary entry overview: What does curry mean?
• CURRY (noun)
The noun CURRY has 1 sense:
1. (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
Familiarity information: CURRY used as a noun is very rare.
• CURRY (verb)
The verb CURRY has 3 senses:
1. season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
2. treat by incorporating fat
3. give a neat appearance to
Familiarity information: CURRY used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CURRY (noun)
Meaning:
(East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("curry" is a kind of...):
dish (a particular item of prepared food)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Domain region:
East India; East Indies; Malay Archipelago (a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "curry"):
lamb curry (curry made with lamb)
• CURRY (verb)
Meaning:
Season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "curry" is one way to...):
flavor; flavour; season (lend flavor to)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Treat by incorporating fat
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
curry tanned leather
Hypernyms (to "curry" is one way to...):
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Give a neat appearance to
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
groom; curry; dress
Context examples:
groom the dogs / dress the horses
Hypernyms (to "curry" is one way to...):
beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They curry the animals
