cure

[ kyoor ]

/ kyʊər /

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noun

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: to seek 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.

verb (used with object), cured, cur·ing.

to restore to health.

to relieve or rid of something detrimental, as an illness or a bad habit.

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.

verb (used without object), cured, cur·ing.

to effect a cure.

to become cured.

SYNONYMS FOR cure

2 remedy, restorative, specific, antidote.

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Origin of cure

1250–1300; (v.) Middle English curen<Middle French curer<Latin cūrāre to take care of, derivative of cūra care; (noun) Middle English <Old French cure<Latin cūra

synonym study for cure

9. Cure, heal, remedy imply making well, whole, or right. Cure is applied to the eradication of disease or sickness: to cure a headache. Heal suggests the making whole of wounds, sores, etc.: to heal a burn. Remedy applies especially to making wrongs right: to remedy a mistake.

OTHER WORDS FROM cure

cureless, adjectivecure·less·ly, adverbcurer, nounhalf-cured, adjective

o·ver·cured, adjectivesem·i·cured, adjectiveun·cured, adjectivewell-cured, adjective

Words nearby cure

curd, curd cheese, curdle, cur dog, curdy, cure, cure-all, curet, curettage, curette, curettement

Definition for cure (2 of 2)

curé

[ kyoo-rey, kyoor-ey; French ky-rey ]

/ kyʊˈreɪ, ˈkyʊər eɪ; French küˈreɪ /

noun, plural cu·rés [kyoo-reyz, kyoor-eyz; French ky-rey]. /kyʊˈreɪz, ˈkyʊər eɪz; French küˈreɪ/.

(in France) a parish priest.

Origin of curé

1645–55; <French, Old French; modeled on Medieval Latin cūrātus parish priest; see curate

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Example sentences from the Web for cure

An MSNBC producer quit her job in the middle of a pandemic last month, calling the cable news industry “a cancer” without a cure.
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For example, if you have cancer, God forbid, if there is a cure, you would pay a lot for that cure.
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From its research, AGT believes a cure is attainable and is now taking the significant step of testing in humans.
FDA approves human trial for treatment to cure HIV|Lou Chibbaro Jr.|August 17, 2020|Washington Blade
An approach for developing cures for genetic diseases is gene editing, a technique that makes changes directly to DNA.
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In 2007 he said he had discovered a cure for AIDS using natural herbs.
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The transfusions are not a cure, but are a second line of defense for the body.
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Regrow limbs, cure cancer, or rock a killer outfit à la Milla Jovovich in The Fifth Element.
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Right off the bat, the “Doing Our Bit for the Cure” campaign seemed peculiar.
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Rather than going to government-run clinics, many chose traditional herbalists, some of whom claimed to know the cure.
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They also appear to have successfully applied it to the cure of diseases.
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Even the powers of magic were tried in vain to effect his cure.
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But it was the only cure for the evil that consumed his life.
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It was his way of saying that that was the only cure for that particular kind of man.
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No remedy can be had for this affliction, and I have never known it to cure spontaneously.
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British Dictionary definitions for cure (1 of 2)

cure

/ (kjʊə) /

verb

(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

noun

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 parishthe cure of souls

a process or method of preserving meat, fish, etc, by salting, pickling, or smoking

Derived forms of cure

cureless, adjectivecurer, noun

Word Origin for cure

(n) C13: from Old French, from Latin cūra care; in ecclesiastical sense, from Medieval Latin cūra spiritual charge; (vb) C14: from Old French curer, from Latin cūrāre to attend to, heal, from cūra care

British Dictionary definitions for cure (2 of 2)

curé

/ (ˈkjʊəreɪ) /

noun

a parish priest in France

Word Origin for curé

French, from Medieval Latin cūrātus; see curate 1

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Medical definitions for cure

cure

[ kyur ]

n.

Restoration of health; recovery from disease.

A method or course of treatment used to restore health.

An agent that restores health; a remedy.

v.

To restore a person to health.

To effect a recovery from a disease or disorder.

Idioms and Phrases with cure

cure

see kill or cure; ounce of prevention (is worth a pound of cure); sure cure.

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noun, plural cu·rés [kyoo-reyz, kyoor-eyz; French ky-rey]. /kyʊˈreɪz, ˈkyʊər eɪz; French küˈreɪ/.

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noun, plural cu·rés [kyoo-reyz, kyoor-eyz; French ky-rey]. /kyʊˈreɪz, ˈkyʊər eɪz; French küˈreɪ/.

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