curried

1. 1
   adjective

   Cooked or flavored with curry.

   The curried lentils simmered slowly until thick and fragrant.

   He served a curried lamb stew with warm flatbread.

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of curry.

   The groom curried each horse before the morning ride.

   He had curried favor with the manager for months before the promotion.

   Note

   One spelling serves as both the past tense and the participle: the y of curry becomes i before -ed, as carry becomes carried. The verb does several quite different jobs, including seasoning food, grooming a horse, dressing tanned leather, thrashing someone and flattering to win favor, so only context tells them apart. Placed before a noun, the cooking use reads as the adjective for spiced dishes.

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