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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  currying
       
          Turning an uncurried function into a curried function.
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Your short horse is soon curried.     --Beau. & FL.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I have seen him curry a fellow's carcass handsomely.
                                                    --Beau. & FL.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To curry favor, to seek to gain favor by flattery or
        attentions. See Favor, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  currying
     vb.
     (present participle of en curry nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  currying
     vb.
     (present participle of en curry nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  currying
     vb.
     (present participle of en curry nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  currying
     vb.
     (present participle of en curry nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  currying
     Englanti vb.
     (taivm-pprees en curry)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Currying /kˈʌɹiɪŋ/
  التمشيط

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  currying /kˈʌɹiɪŋ/
  Fertiggerben, Fertiggerbung
     Synonyms: dressing, finishing
  
   see: tanning, tannage, alum tanning, alum tannage, tawing, aldehyde tanning, aldehyde tannage, liquor tanning, liquor tannage, quinone tanning, quinone tannage, chrome tanning, chrome tannage, chroming, Dongola tanning, Dongola tannage, full tan penetration, tan penetration, leathering, iron tanning, iron tannage, extract tanning, extract tannage, drum tanning, drum tannage, oil tanning, oil tannage, chamois tanning, chamois tannage, chamoising, glacé tanning, glacé tannage, pit tanning, pit tannage, formaldehyde tanning, formaldehyde tannage, filling tanning, filling tannage, plumping tanning, plumping tannage, bark tanning, bark tannage, barking, mineral tanning, mineral tannage, vegetable tanning, vegetable tannage, accelerated tanning, accelerated tannage
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  currying /kˈʌɹiɪŋ/
  striegelnd
   see: curry, curried, curries, curried
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  currying //ˈkɝɹi.ɪŋ// //ˈkʌɹi.ɪŋ// 
  Curry-muunnos
  computing technique

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈkɝiɪŋ/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     加脂操作

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