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# curry

noun (curry, a curry, curries); verb (curry, curries, curried, currying)

«curry» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A curry is a dish of meat, fish or vegetables cooked in a spicy sauce, often eaten with rice or bread; it comes from South Asian cooking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curry/#m1)
2. Curry powder is a mixture of spices used to make such dishes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curry/#m2)
3. To curry favour means to try to make someone like you by flattering them or doing things for them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curry/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life curry is a favourite family meal and takeaway in the UK, Ireland, Australia and other countries; it can be mild or very hot. In food lessons it shows how spices from different cultures are used. Phrases: chicken curry, vegetable curry, a mild curry, a hot curry, curry powder, curry favour with.

### Examples

- We had chicken curry and rice for dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curry/#x1)
- This curry is too hot for me! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curry/#x2)
- Dad makes a mild vegetable curry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curry/#x3)
- Add a spoonful of curry powder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curry/#x4)
- On Friday we got a curry from the takeaway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curry/#x5)
- He tried to curry favour with the teacher by bringing her apples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curry/#x6)
- Curries often contain cumin, turmeric and chilli. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curry/#x7)
- There he saw his seven daughters carefully washing the rice and preparing the curry, and as each dish was completed, they put it by the fire ready to be cooked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curry/#x8)

### Note

Countable for dishes (two curries), uncountable for the food in general (I love curry). Plural curries (y becomes ies). «Hot» about curry means spicy, not just high in temperature.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «curry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curry/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«curry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/curry.html) on Mova free.