Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to curry
Participle: curried
Gerund: currying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | curry |
| you | curry |
| he;she;it | curries |
| we | curry |
| you | curry |
| they | curry |
Perfect
| I | have curried |
| you | have curried |
| he;she;it | has curried |
| we | have curried |
| you | have curried |
| they | have curried |
Past
| I | curried |
| you | curried |
| he;she;it | curried |
| we | curried |
| you | curried |
| they | curried |
Pluperfect
| I | had curried |
| you | had curried |
| he;she;it | had curried |
| we | had curried |
| you | had curried |
| they | had curried |
Future
| I | will curry |
| you | will curry |
| he;she;it | will curry |
| we | will curry |
| you | will curry |
| they | will curry |
Future Perfect
| I | will have curried |
| you | will have curried |
| he;she;it | will have curried |
| we | will have curried |
| you | will have curried |
| they | will have curried |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | curry |
| you | curry |
| he;she;it | curry |
| we | curry |
| you | curry |
| they | curry |
Perfect
| I | have curried |
| you | have curried |
| he;she;it | have curried |
| we | have curried |
| you | have curried |
| they | have curried |
Imperfect
| I | curried |
| you | curried |
| he;she;it | curried |
| we | curried |
| you | curried |
| they | curried |
Pluperfect
| I | had curried |
| you | had curried |
| he;she;it | had curried |
| we | had curried |
| you | had curried |
| they | had curried |
Conditional
Present
| I | would curry |
| you | would curry |
| he;she;it | would curry |
| we | would curry |
| you | would curry |
| they | would curry |
Perfect
| I | would have curried |
| you | would have curried |
| he;she;it | would have curried |
| we | would have curried |
| you | would have curried |
| they | would have curried |
Imperative
| you | curry |
| we | Let's curry |
| you | curry |
Verbs conjugated like 'curry'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'curry'
carry,
curr,
hurry,
lurry,
scurry,
berry,
borry,
burr,
bury,
cary,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1290, "to rub down a horse," from Anglo-Fr.
curreier "to curry-comb a horse," from O.Fr.
correier "put in order, prepare, curry," from
con- intens. prefix +
reier "arrange," from a Gmc. source. The surviving sense of
curry favor is c.1510, altered by folk etymology from
curry favel (c.1400) from O.Fr.
correier fauvel "to be false, hypocritical," lit. "to curry the chestnut ('fawn-colored') horse," which in medieval Fr. allegories was a symbol of cunning and deceit.
2. 1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English), from Tamil கறி (kaṟi), influenced by existing Middle English cury (“cooking”), from Middle French cuyre (“to cook”) (whence also cuisine), from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquere.
3. Earlier cury found in 1390 cookbook Forme of Cury (Forms of Cooking) by court chefs of Richard II of England. See: Tamil '
கறி', Latin '
coquō'.
Verbs referencing "curry"
Valencian
conrear.
Sample Sentences
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Your short horse is soon curried. [1610–1614, John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Valentinian”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene i:]
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One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions. [1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:]
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I have seen him curry a fellow's carcase handsomely. [c. 1619–1621, John Fletcher, “The Island Princesse”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii:]
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[…]By setting brother against brother / To claw and curry one another. [1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]. Canto I.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:]
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A middle-aged woman waves and calls to her, as if she, like the hungry reporters, were currying the girl's favor: Florence Aadland (Sarandon, in a wily, multilayered performance), Beverly's mother, wears an expression of maternal concern, though her self-serving motives become increasingly clear. [2014 August 27, Stephanie Zacharek, “The Last of Robin Hood Wrestles with a Star's Underage Love”, in The Village Voice, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2014:]