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cur⋅rie

[kur-ee, kuhr-ee]
–noun, verb (used with object), -ried, -ry⋅ing.
curry 1 .

cur⋅ry

1[kur-ee, kuhr-ee] noun, plural -ries, verb, -ried, -ry⋅ing.
–noun
1. East Indian Cookery. a pungent dish of vegetables, onions, meat or fish, etc., flavored with various spices or curry powder, and often eaten with rice.
2. any dish flavored with curry powder or the like: a lamb curry.
3. curry powder.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cook or flavor (food) with curry powder or a similar combination of spices: to curry eggs.
5. give (someone) a bit of curry, Australian. to rebuke, discipline, or criticize; harass.
Also, currie.


Origin:
1590–1600; < Tamil kaṟi sauce
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cur·rie   (kûr'ē, kŭr'ē)   
n.  Variant of curry2.
cur·ry 2 also cur·rie   (kûr'ē, kŭr'ē)   
n.   pl. cur·ries
  1. Curry powder.

  2. A heavily spiced sauce or relish made with curry powder and eaten with rice, meat, fish, or other food.

  3. A dish seasoned with curry powder.

tr.v.   cur·ried, cur·ry·ing, cur·ries
To season (food) with curry.

[Tamil kaṟi.]
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Word Origin & History

curry  (n.)
"spice," 1681, from Tamil kari "sauce, relish for rice."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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