curry

Universal Words noun, verb noun [C,U] an Indian dish of meat, vegetables, etc. cooked with hot spices, often served with rice: a chicken curry * Would you like some more curry? verb (curries, currying, curried, curried) [VN] to make curry out of meat or vegetables IDIOMS curry favour (with sb) (disapproving) to try to get sb to like or support you by praising or helping them a lot: He's always trying to curry favour with the boss.