Cure

[kjʊə;kjɔː] or [kjʊr]

Definition

(verb.) prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; 'cure meats'; 'cure pickles'; 'cure hay'.

(verb.) be or become preserved; 'the apricots cure in the sun'.

(verb.) make (substances) hard and improve their usability; 'cure resin'; 'cure cement'; 'cure soap'.

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Definition

(n.) Care, heed, or attention.

(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.

(n.) Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.

(n.) Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.

(n.) Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative.

(v. t.) To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient.

(v. t.) To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.

(v. t.) To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit.

(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.

(v. i.) To pay heed; to care; to give attention.

(v. i.) To restore health; to effect a cure.

(v. i.) To become healed.

(n.) A curate; a pardon.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Remedy, antidote, specific, restorative, reparative, corrective, help.[2]. Healing, restoration.

v. a. [1]. Remedy, heal.[2]. Restore to health.[3]. Preserve (from putrefaction).

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See HEAL]

SYN:Remedy, alleviation, restorative, heal-all, amelioration, reinstatement,restoration, renovation, convalescence

ANT:Aggravation, confirmation, complaint, disease, ailment, inoculation, contagion,corruption

Edited by Aaron

Definition

n. care of souls or spiritual charge: care of the sick: act of healing: that which heals: a remedy or course of remedial treatment.—v.t. to heal: to preserve as by drying salting &c.:—pr.p. cūr′ing; pa.p. cūred.—adj. Cur′able that may be cured.—ns. Cur′ableness Curabil′ity quality of being curable; Cure′-all a panacea.—adjs. Cur′ative Cur′atory tending to cure; Cure′less that cannot be cured.—ns. Cur′er one who cures: a physician; Cur′ing-house a house or place in which anything is cured esp. a building in which sugar is drained as in the West Indies.

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Examples

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