curry

Less common meanings

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   groom horseverbtransitive

   To clean and brush a horse, often using a special toothed comb.

   Like brushing a pet's fur to keep it clean and neat.

   The stable hand curried the mare until her coat shone.

   Every morning the grooms curry the horses before the riders arrive.

   Similargroom, brush

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   prepare leatherverbtransitive

   To prepare leather after tanning by beating, rubbing, scraping, and coloring it.

   Like working a stiff new baseball glove until it becomes soft.

   The workman curried the hides until they were soft and even.

   Tanneries hired skilled hands to curry the leather before sale.

   Similardress

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   racial insultnounderogatoryethnicoffensiveslurcountable or uncountable

   A rude and hurtful word for a person of South Asian background.

   The racists in the comments dismissed her as just another curry.

   Strangers online called him a curry simply because of his heritage.

   UsageDo not call anyone this.

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   verbobsoleteintransitive

   To hurry, or to make someone or something hurry.

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    verbobsoletetransitive

    To cross a distance, or to fly as far as a thrown or shot object can go.

    I am not hee that can ... by midnight leape my horse, curry seauen miles.

    1608, George Chapman, The ConspiracieHere, curry means travel or cover a distance, such as seven miles.

    All these shots shall curry or finish their ranges in times equal to each other.

    1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)

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    verb

    To change a function so it takes its values one at a time instead of all at once.
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    verbarchaic

    To beat or hit someone hard.

    I have seen him curry a fellow's carcase handsomely.

    c. 1619, John Fletcher, “The Island Princesse”