curry
verb/ˈkʌri/
/ˈkɜːri/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they curry | /ˈkʌri/ /ˈkɜːri/ |
| he / she / it curries | /ˈkʌriz/ /ˈkɜːriz/ |
| past simple curried | /ˈkʌrid/ /ˈkɜːrid/ |
| past participle curried | /ˈkʌrid/ /ˈkɜːrid/ |
| -ing form currying | /ˈkʌriɪŋ/ /ˈkɜːriɪŋ/ |
- curry something to make curry out of meat, vegetables, etc.Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Tamil kar̲i.
Idioms
See curry in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarycurry favour (with somebody)
- (disapproving) to try to get somebody to like or support you by praising or helping them a lot
- He’s always trying to curry favour with the boss.
- She tried to curry favour with the teachers.
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