cure
noun
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
cured
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past participleof cure.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof cure.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
curenouna means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
Example Sentences
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For years, doctors treated patients suffering from severe, chronic hepatitis C with an expensive drug regimen that required six to 12 months of treatment, had nasty side effects and rarely cured the disease.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Whatever they gave me there cured the pain.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
I considered prosciutto, roast beef, cured meats and even a pickle-heavy chickpea salad.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Parkinson’s disease, according to the Mayo Clinic, is a nervous system movement disorder that worsens with time and cannot be cured.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
‘The evil of Sauron cannot be wholly cured, nor made as if it had not been. But to such days we are doomed. Let us now go on with the journey we have begun!’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
