Definitions for CUREkyʊˈreɪ, ˈkyʊər eɪ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
curekyʊər(n.; v.)cured, cur•ing.
(n.)a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
Category: Medicine
a method or course of remedial treatment, as for disease.
Category: Medicine
successful remedial treatment; restoration to health.
Category: Medicine
a means of correcting or relieving anything troublesome or detrimental:
a cure for inflation.
a process of preserving meat, fish, etc., by smoking, salting, or the like.
Category: Cooking
spiritual or religious charge of the people in a certain district.
Category: Religion
the office or district of a curate.
Category: Religion
(v.t.)to restore to health.
Category: Medicine
to relieve or rid of (an illness, bad habit, etc.).
to prepare (meat, fish, etc.) for preservation by smoking, salting, etc.
Category: Cooking
to process (rubber, tobacco, etc.) as by fermentation or aging.
Category: Chemistry
to promote hardening of (fresh concrete or mortar), as by keeping damp.
(v.i.)to effect a cure.
to become cured.
Origin of cure:
1250–1300; (v.) < MF curer < L cūrāre to take care of, der. of cūra care; (n.) < OF cure < L cūra
cur′er(n.)
cu•rékyʊˈreɪ, ˈkyʊər eɪ(n.)(pl.)-rés.
(in France) a parish priest.
Category: Foreign Term
Origin of curé:
1645–55; < F, OF; modeled on ML cūrātus parish priest; see curate
Princeton's WordNet
remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic(verb)
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
bring around, cure, heal(verb)
provide a cure for, make healthy again
"The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
cure(verb)
prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
"cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
cure(verb)
make (substances) hard and improve their usability
"cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"
cure(verb)
be or become preserved
"the apricots cure in the sun"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
cure(noun)ʊər
a method or medicine that makes an illness better
a cure for cancer
cureʊər
a solution to a problem
a cure for the company's financial problems
cure(verb)ʊər
to make an illness or person better
Can a genetic disease be cured?; They claim to have cured several people of cancer.
cureʊər
to solve a problem
ways of curing employee burnout
cureʊər
to preserve food or plants
instructions for curing ham; Wait for the wood to cure.
Wiktionary
cure(Noun)
A method, device or medication that restores good health.
cure(Noun)
A solution to a problem.
cure(Noun)
A process of preservation, as by smoking.
cure(Noun)
A process of solidification or gelling.
cure(Noun)
A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering.
cure(Noun)
Care, heed, or attention.
cure(Noun)
Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate;
cure(Noun)
That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy.
cure(Verb)
To restore to health.
Unaided nature cured him.
cure(Verb)
To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
Unaided nature cured his ailments.
cure(Verb)
To cause to be rid of (a defect).
Experience will cure him of his naivete.
cure(Verb)
To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
The smoke and heat cures the meat.
cure(Verb)
To bring about a cure of any kind.
cure(Verb)
To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
The meat was put in the smokehouse to cure.
cure(Verb)
To solidify or gel.
The parts were curing in the autoclave.
Webster Dictionary
Cure(noun)
care, heed, or attention
Cure(noun)
spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure
Cure(noun)
medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure
Cure(noun)
act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury
Cure(noun)
means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative
Cure(verb)
to heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient
Cure(verb)
to subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady
Cure(verb)
to set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit
Cure(verb)
to prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay
Cure(verb)
to pay heed; to care; to give attention
Cure(verb)
to restore health; to effect a cure
Cure(verb)
to become healed
Cure(noun)
a curate; a pardon
Translations for CURE
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- geneesAfrikaans
- يَشْفي، يُخلِّصArabic
- лекувамBulgarian
- curarPortuguese (BR)
- (vy)léčitCzech
- heilenGerman
- helbrede; kurereDanish
- θεραπεύωGreek
- curar, remediarSpanish
- ravimaEstonian
- مداوا کردن؛ درمان کردنFarsi
- parantaaFinnish
- guérirFrench
- לְרַפֵאHebrew
- बेहतर करनाHindi
- izliječitiCroatian
- (meg)gyógyítHungarian
- menyembuhkanIndonesian
- læknaIcelandic
- curare, guarireItalian
- 直すJapanese
- 치유하다Korean
- išgydytiLithuanian
- []ārstētLatvian
- menyembuhkanMalay
- genezenDutch
- helbrede, kurereNorwegian
- leczyćPolish
- مداوا کردن؛ درمان کردنPersian
- درملنه کولPashto
- curarPortuguese
- a vindecaRomanian
- исцелятьRussian
- (vy)liečiťSlovak
- zdravitiSlovenian
- izlečitiSerbian
- bota, kureraSwedish
- รักษาThai
- tedavi etmek, iyileştirmekTurkish
- 使好轉Chinese (Trad.)
- відучувати, зцілятиUkrainian
- تندرست كرنا، علاج كرناUrdu
- làm cho ai khỏe mạnhVietnamese
- 医治Chinese (Simp.)
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