Curry vs. Curried — What's the Difference?

Curry is a variety of dishes originating in the Indian subcontinent. It uses a combination of spices or herbs, usually including ground turmeric, cumin, coriander, ginger, and fresh or dried chilies.

To groom (a horse) with a currycomb.

To groom (a horse) with a currycomb.

To prepare (tanned hides) for use, as by soaking or coloring.

To prepare (tanned hides) for use, as by soaking or coloring.

To season (food) with curry.

To season (food) with curry.

A dish of meat or vegetables flavored with pungent spices, typical of South Asian and Southeast Asian cuisines.

A dish of meat or vegetables flavored with pungent spices, typical of South Asian and Southeast Asian cuisines.

A blend of spices used in or suggesting the flavor of curry, typically containing turmeric, cumin, coriander, and ginger, among other ingredients.

A blend of spices used in or suggesting the flavor of curry, typically containing turmeric, cumin, coriander, and ginger, among other ingredients.

Curry powder.

Curry powder.

Cooked or flavoured with curry.

One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.

Simple past tense and past participle of curry

A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured with curry powder.

Dressed by currying; cleaned; prepared.

Curry powder.

Prepared with curry; as, curried rice, fowl, etc.

(transitive) To cook or season with curry powder.

(transitive) To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.

(transitive) To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.

(transitive) To beat, thrash; to drub.

(transitive) To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.

To perform currying upon.

To scurry; to ride or run hastily

To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range).

To hurry.

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; - said of leather.

To dress the hair or coat of (a horse, ox, or the like) with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order to make clean.

To beat or bruise; to drub; - said of persons.

To flavor or cook with curry.

A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.

A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.

(East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice

Season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking

Treat by incorporating fat;

Give a neat appearance to;