Definition of cure Cure
/kjŹĖɹ/ - [kyur] - cure
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| cure - prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay" | ||
| preserve, keep prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" | ||
| dun make a dun color | ||
| cure - be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun" | ||
| cure prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay" | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| cure - make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap" | ||
| indurate, harden become fixed or established; "indurated customs" | ||
| cure - provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to" | ||
| bring around, heal | ||
| care for, treat be fond of; be attached to | ||
| aid, help improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" | ||
| practice of medicine, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" | ||
| recuperate get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cure (Noun)
A method, device or medication that restores good health. - cure (Noun)
A solution to a problem. - cure (Noun)
A process of preservation, as by smoking. - cure (Noun)
A process of solidification or gelling. - cure (Noun)
A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering. - cure (Noun)
Care, heed, or attention. - cure (Noun)
Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate. - cure (Noun)
That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy. - cure (Verb)
To restore to health. - cure (Verb)
To bring a disease or its bad effects to an end. - cure (Verb)
To cause to be rid of a defect. - cure (Verb)
To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use. - cure (Verb)
To bring about a cure of any kind. - cure (Verb)
To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use. - cure (Verb)
To solidify or gel. - cure (Verb)
To become healed. - cure (Verb)
To pay heed; to care; to give attention.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- cure (n.)
Care, heed, or attention. - cure (n.)
Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure. - cure (n.)
Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure. - cure (n.)
Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury. - cure (n.)
Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative. - cure (v. t.)
To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient. - cure (v. t.)
To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady. - cure (v. t.)
To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. - cure (v. t.)
To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay. - cure (v. i.)
To pay heed; to care; to give attention. - cure (v. i.)
To restore health; to effect a cure. - cure (v. i.)
To become healed. - cure (n.)
A curate; a pardon.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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To get healthy again. -
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To remedy an illness using medical or medicamentous treatment; to provide a cure for. -
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The act or process of regaining health. -
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To return to health and strength after illness. -
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A means of healing or restoring to health.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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kÅ«r, n. care of souls or spiritual charge: care of the sick: act of healing: that which heals: a remedy, or course of remedial treatment.āv.t. to heal: to preserve, as by drying, salting, &c.:āpr.p. cÅ«rā²ing; pa.p. cÅ«red.āadj. Curā²able, that may be cured.āns. Curā²ableness, Curabilā²ity, quality of being curable; Cureā²-all, a panacea.āadjs. Curā²ative, Curā²atory, tending to cure; Cureā²less, that cannot be cured.āns. Curā²er, one who cures: a physician; Curā²ing-house, a house or place in which anything is cured, esp. a building in which sugar is drained, as in the West Indies. [O. Fr. cureā-L. cura, care; not the same as Care.] -
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kÅ«ā²rÄ, n. a parish priest in France
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To salt meat or fish.
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