verb (past and past participlecured, present participlecur·ing, 3rd person present singularcures)
Definition:
1. transitive and intransitive verb heal somebody: to restore a sick person or animal to health Six months later she was completely cured.
2. transitive verb treat illness successfully: to bring an end to an illness, disorder, or injury by medical treatment Diseases like this are not easily cured.
3. transitive verb resolve problem: to bring an end to a problem curing unemployment
4. transitive and intransitive verb preserve food: to preserve food, especially meat or fish, usually by smoking, drying, or salting it, or be preserved by one of these methods
5. transitive verb preserve something by drying: to preserve a substance, especially leather or tobacco, by drying it
6. transitive verb manufacturing finish something with chemical process: to finish a material by applying chemicals
7. transitive verb industry make rubber stronger: to strengthen rubber with additives in the presence of heat and pressure
8. transitive and intransitive verb construction harden something: to make a material, especially concrete or cement, harden
noun (pluralcures)
Definition:
1. something that restores health: a medication or treatment that brings about a full recovery from an illness or injury working to find a cure for the disease
2. recovery: restoration or return to health I managed to achieve a complete cure.
3. problem's solution: something that resolves a problem
4. food preservation process: the preservation of meat or fish, especially by smoking, drying, or salting
5. spiritual care: in the Christian Church, the spiritual and pastoral responsibility of the clergy for laypeople
[13th century. Via French< Latin curare "care for" < cura "care, concern"]
cur·er noun
Word History
The Latin word cura, "care," "concern," from which cure is derived, is also the source of English curate1, curious, scour1, secure, and sinecure.
