ALL meanings of cure
cu·ré
C c - verb cure If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear. 3
- verb cure If doctors or medical treatments cure a person, they make the person well again after an illness or injury. 3
- countable noun cure A cure for an illness is a medicine or other treatment that cures the illness. 3
- verb cure If someone or something cures a problem, they bring it to an end. 3
- countable noun cure A cure for a problem is something that will bring it to an end. 3
- verb cure If an action or event cures someone of a habit or an attitude, it makes them stop having it. 3
- verb cure When food, tobacco, or animal skin is cured, it is dried, smoked, or salted so that it will last for a long time. 3
- verb cure to get rid of (an ailment, fault, or problem); heal 3
- verb cure to restore to health or good condition 3
- verb cure to bring about a cure 3
- verb cure to preserve (meat, fish, etc) by salting, smoking, etc 3
- verb cure to treat or finish (a substance) by chemical or physical means 3
- verb cure to vulcanize (rubber) 3
- verb cure to allow (a polymer) to set often using heat or pressure 3
- verb cure to assist the hardening of (concrete, mortar, etc) by keeping it moist 3
- noun cure a return to health, esp after specific treatment 3
- noun cure any course of medical therapy, esp one proved effective in combating a disease 3
- noun cure a means of restoring health or improving a condition, situation, etc 3
- noun cure the spiritual and pastoral charge of a parish 3
- noun cure a process or method of preserving meat, fish, etc, by salting, pickling, or smoking 3
- noun cure a parish priest in France 3
- noun cure a healing or being healed; restoration to health or a sound condition 3
- noun cure a medicine or treatment for restoring health; remedy 3
- noun cure a system, method, or course of treating a disease, ailment, etc. 3
- noun cure spiritual charge of persons in a particular district; care of souls 3
- noun cure the work or position of a curate; curacy 3
- noun cure a process for curing meat, fish, tobacco, etc. 3
- verb transitive cure to restore to health or a sound condition; make well; heal 3
- verb transitive cure to get rid of or counteract (an ailment, evil, bad habit, etc.) 3
- verb transitive cure to get rid of a harmful or undesirable condition in 3
- verb transitive cure to preserve (meat, fish, etc.), as by salting or smoking 3
- verb transitive cure to process (tobacco, leather, etc.), as by drying or aging 3
- verb transitive cure to encourage the proper hardening of (concrete or mortar) by regulating humidity and temperature 3
- intransitive verb cure to undergo curing, preserving, or processing 3
- noun cure in France, a parish priest 3
- verb cure When a polymer cures or you cure it, it sets, often with heat or pressure. 3
- verb cure If you cure a substance, you treat or finish it chemically or physically. 3
- verb cure If you cure rubber, you harden it by treating it with sulfur at a high temperature. 3
- noun plural cure (in France) a parish priest. 1
- noun cure remedy 1
- noun cure recovery 1
- noun cure solution to problem 1
- transitive verb cure heal of an illness 1
- transitive verb cure illness: make better 1
- transitive verb cure food: preserve 1
- intransitive verb cure heal 1
- transitive verb cure concrete: harden 1
- noun cure A substance or treatment that cures a disease or condition. 1
- noun cure A method, device or medication that restores good health. 0
- noun cure Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury. 0