9. cure to relieve or rid of (an illness, bad habit, etc.).
10. cure to prepare (meat, fish, etc.) for preservation by smoking, salting, etc.
11. cure to process (rubber, tobacco, etc.) as by fermentation or aging.
12. cure to promote hardening of (fresh concrete or mortar), as by keeping damp.
13. (v.i.)cure to effect a cure.
14. cure to become cured.
Etymology: (1250–1300; (v.) < MF curer < L cūrāre to take care of, der. of cūra care; (n.) < OF cure < L cūra)
Definition of 'CURE'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
2. (verb)bring around, cure, heal provide a cure for, make healthy again "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
3. (verb)cure prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
4. (verb)cure make (substances) hard and improve their usability "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"
5. (verb)cure be or become preserved "the apricots cure in the sun"
2. (noun)CURE spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parishpriest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parishpriest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure
3. (noun)CURE medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure