cure
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
a method or course of remedial treatment, as for disease.
successful remedial treatment; restoration to health.
a means of correcting or relieving anything that is troublesome or detrimental: The administration is seeking a cure for inflation.
the act or a method of preserving meat, fish, etc., by smoking, salting, or the like.
spiritual or religious charge of the people in a certain district.
the office or district of a curate or parish priest.
to restore to health.
to relieve or rid of something detrimental, such as an illness or a bad habit.
to correct (a document, especially a mail-in ballot) in order to make it valid: If the voter’s signature is missing, the county board sends them a certification form allowing the voter to cure the ballot so it can be counted.
to prepare (meat, fish, etc.) for preservation by salting, drying, etc.
to promote hardening of (fresh concrete or mortar), as by keeping it damp.
to process (rubber, tobacco, etc.) as by fermentation or aging.
to effect a cure.
to become cured.
Origin of cure
1synonym study For cure
Other words for cure
Other words from cure
- cure·less, adjective
- cure·less·ly, adverb
- cur·er, noun
- half-cured, adjective
- o·ver·cured, adjective
- sem·i·cured, adjective
- un·cured, adjective
- well-cured, adjective
Other definitions for curé (2 of 2)
(in France) a parish priest.
Origin of curé
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How to use cure in a sentence
Craig Spencer, the New York doctor who contracted Ebola in Guinea, was declared “cured” of the virus last week.
If I had an idea that mankind could be cured, I should not believe in God.
“The chance of being cured of obesity is zero,” Dr. Sharma told The Daily Beast.
‘The Biggest Loser’ Could Be TV’s Most Important Show Ever | Daniela Drake | September 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPeople will testify they were cured of dread diseases when they prayed to Romero.
Why Pope Francis Wants to Declare Murdered Archbishop Romero a Saint | Christopher Dickey | August 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis headache cured, the man went home and two months later, he was given a clean bill of health.
Doctors Say Motörhead Is So Hardcore, They Could Make Your Brain Bleed | Brandy Zadrozny | July 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
They cultivated a few plants around their wigwams, and cured a few pounds for their own use.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.An instrument can be frequently cured of a bad description of tone by the slightest move of the post.
Violins and Violin Makers | Joseph PearceNeatly packed piles of the dried and cured leaf lay upon the table before them.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.On these were fixed several pieces of meat, some of which were being roasted by the fire and some cured by the smoke.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferIt cured finely, burnt white and free, and in a short time brought high prices.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
British Dictionary definitions for cure (1 of 2)
/ (kjʊə) /
(tr) to get rid of (an ailment, fault, or problem); heal
(tr) to restore to health or good condition
(intr) to bring about a cure
(tr) to preserve (meat, fish, etc) by salting, smoking, etc
(tr)
to treat or finish (a substance) by chemical or physical means
to vulcanize (rubber)
to allow (a polymer) to set often using heat or pressure
(tr) to assist the hardening of (concrete, mortar, etc) by keeping it moist
a return to health, esp after specific treatment
any course of medical therapy, esp one proved effective in combating a disease
a means of restoring health or improving a condition, situation, etc
the spiritual and pastoral charge of a parish: the cure of souls
a process or method of preserving meat, fish, etc, by salting, pickling, or smoking
Origin of cure
1Derived forms of cure
- cureless, adjective
- curer, noun
British Dictionary definitions for curé (2 of 2)
/ (ˈkjʊəreɪ) /
a parish priest in France
Origin of curé
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with cure
see kill or cure; ounce of prevention (is worth a pound of cure); sure cure.
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