Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Curry \Cur"ry\, n. [Tamil kari.] [Written also {currie}.]
   1. (Cookery) A kind of sauce much used in India, containing
      garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.

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

   {Curry powder} (Cookery), a condiment used for making curry,
      formed of various materials, including strong spices, as
      pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc.

Curry \Cur"ry\ (k?r"r?), v. t.
   To flavor or cook with curry.

Curry \Cur"ry\ (k?r"r?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curried} (-r?d);
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Currying}.] [OE. curraien, curreien, OF.
   cunreer, correier, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry (a
   horse), F. corroyer to curry (leather) (cf. OF. conrei,
   conroi, order, arrangement, LL. conredium); cor- (L. com-) +
   roi, rei, arrangement, order; prob. of German origin, and
   akin to E. ready. See {Ready}, {Greith}, and cf. {Corody},
   {Array}.]
   1. To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping,
      cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of
      leather.

   2. 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.

            Your short horse is soon curried.     --Beau. & FL.

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

            I have seen him curry a fellow's carcass handsomely.
                                                  --Beau. & FL.

   {To curry favor}, to seek to gain favor by flattery or
      attentions. See {Favor}, n.

Source : WordNet®

curry
     n : (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats
         flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
     [also: {curried}]

curry
     v 1: season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
     2: treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"
     3: give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the
        horses" [syn: {dress}, {groom}]
     [also: {curried}]