To rub and clean (a horse) with a comb; groom: sometimes used in contempt, with reference to a person.Hence2. To stroke as if to soothe; flatter.To dress or prepare (tanned hides) for use by soaking, skiving, shaving, scouring, coloring, graining, etc.Figuratively, to beat; drub; thrash: as, to curry one's hide.n. A kind of sauce or relish, made of meat, fish, fowl, fruit, eggs, or vegetables, cooked with bruised spices, such as cayenne-pepper, coriander-seed, ginger, garlic, etc., with turmeric, much used in India and elsewhere as a relish or flavoring for boiled rice.To flavor or prepare with curry.