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Main Entry:	curry [kur-ee, kuhr-ee] Show IPA/ˈkɜri, ˈkʌri/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	food seasoning
Synonyms:	condiment, relish, sauce, seasoning

Main Entry:	comb
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	arrange hair
Synonyms:	adjust, card, cleanse, curry, disentangle, dress, groom, hackle, hatchel, lay smooth, rasp, scrape, separate, smooth, sort, straighten, tease, untangle

Main Entry:	cook
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	prepare food, usually using heat
Synonyms:	French fry, bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry, devil, doctor, escallop, fix, fricassee, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke, panfry, parboil, parch, percolate, poach, pressure-cook, reduce, roast, ruin, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, warm up

* = informal/non-formal usage

Example Sentences

Add the artichokes, curry powder, salt and pepper and stir.

But the only person's favor you can curry is that of your imagined successor.

They may wish to curry favour with domestic lobbies or merely to look as if they are doing something.

Add the artichokes, curry powder, salt and pepper and stir.

But the only person's favor you can curry is that of your imagined successor.

They may wish to curry favour with domestic lobbies or merely to look as if they are doing something.

Mix in the curry powder and stir to coat the vegetables.

But having an extra curry dish here and there couldn't hurt.

Curry leaves make this vegan curry intensely aromatic.

Add the garlic, saute another few seconds, then stir in the curry powder.

Curry powder reared its head, in deep-fried croquettes.

Mix coconut milk with a thick red curry paste, stir and boil and stir for an hour, as it reduces and richens.

Their subjects made donations to the temples to curry favor-both with the gods and with the local ruler.

Chicken breast gets an easy upgrade with shredded coconut and curry powder.

Melt two tablespoons of the butter in a saucepan and add the flour and curry powder, stirring with a wire whisk.

Chili tastings and cooking demos advise on capsaicin levels and how to make a perfect cauliflower curry.

The menu offers everything from curry to mashed potatoes, and they also cook good breakfasts.

They use a lot of coconut milk, curry leaves, and mustard seeds.

Transfer chicken to baking sheet and season well with a large pinch each of salt, pepper and curry powder.

But they are less likely to be costermongers than curry chefs.

I've also got a small kit of spices that includes everything from cinnamon to curry powder.

Cook briefly, stirring, and add curry powder or paste.

Even government officials may want to curry sympathy.

Stir until butter is melted and blended with curry powder and flour.

Smaller ones might gang up, or curry favour with bigger powers to pursue their claims.

Stir in the curry powder and cook and stir for another minute or so.

Japanese chicken katsu curry has appeared on the canteen menu.

Grilled lamb burgers with carrot slaw and mesclun, topped with fresh mango chutney and curry powder.

He pulled my story out of me over a few beers and a curry one evening, and he admonished me for putting up with the abuse.

Even more shocked at the racist curry restaurant next door.

The spices that go into curry are many and varied, but curry.

If you could curry favor with the critics by painting their.

And my willingness to really engage with them intellectually--which one cannot do if one is intimidated or trying to curry favor.

Others curry favour by handing contracts to companies run by former policemen.

Far too much of the stimulus went to pet projects of politicians anxious to curry favor from lobbyists and contributors.

Main Entry:	groom
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make ready, prepare physically
Synonyms:	brush, clean, coach, comb, curry, dress, drill, educate, lick into shape, make attractive, make presentable, nurture, preen, prep, pretty up, prim, prime, primp, put through grind, put through mill, ready, refine, refresh, rub down, shape up, sleek, slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce up, tend, tidy, train, turn out
Antonyms:	forget, ignore

Main Entry:	rub
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	stroke, massage
Synonyms:	abrade, anoint, apply, bark, brush, buff, burnish, caress, chafe, clean, coat, cover, curry, daub, erase, erode, excoriate, file, fray, fret, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, grate, graze, grind, knead, mop, paint, pat, plaster, polish, put, rasp, scour, scrape, scrub, shine, slather, smear, smooth, spread, swab, triturate, wear, wear down, wipe

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