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curry

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: curry

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nv
(East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
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v
give a neat appearance to
3
v
treat by incorporating fat
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: curry
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n (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice

Types:
lamb curry
curry made with lamb
Type of:
dish
a particular item of prepared food

v season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking

Type of:
flavor, flavour, season
lend flavor to
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v give a neat appearance to

Synonyms:
dress, groom
arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set
arrange attractively
Type of:
beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify
make more beautiful
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v treat by incorporating fat

curry tanned leather”
Type of:
process, treat
subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
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