cure

IPA: kjˈʊr

noun

  • A method, device or medication that restores good health.
  • An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
  • (figurative) A solution to a problem.
  • A process of preservation, as by smoking.
  • Cured fish.
  • A process of solidification or gelling.
  • (engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
  • (obsolete) Care, heed, or attention.
  • Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
  • That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (transitive) To restore to health.
  • (transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
  • (transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
  • (transitive) To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
  • To preserve (food), typically by salting.
  • (intransitive) To bring about a cure of any kind.
  • (intransitive) To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
  • (intransitive) To solidify or gel.
  • (obsolete, intransitive) To become healed.
  • (obsolete) To pay heed; to care; to give attention.
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