Definitions for cure
kyʊˈreɪ, ˈkyʊər eɪcure

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. remedy, curative, cure, therapeuticverb

   a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

2. bring around, cure, healverb

   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. cureverb

   prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve

   "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"

4. cureverb

   make (substances) hard and improve their usability

   "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"

5. cureverb

   be or become preserved

   "the apricots cure in the sun"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. curenoun

   A method, device or medication that restores good health.

2. curenoun

   A solution to a problem.

3. curenoun

   A process of preservation, as by smoking.

4. curenoun

   A process of solidification or gelling.

5. curenoun

   A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering.

6. curenoun

   Care, heed, or attention.

7. curenoun

   Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate;

8. curenoun

   That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy.

9. cureverb

   To restore to health.

   Unaided nature cured him.

10. cureverb

    To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.

    Unaided nature cured his ailments.

11. cureverb

    To cause to be rid of (a defect).

    Experience will cure him of his naivete.

12. cureverb

    To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.

    The smoke and heat cures the meat.

13. cureverb

    To bring about a cure of any kind.

14. cureverb

    To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.

    The meat was put in the smokehouse to cure.

15. cureverb

    To solidify or gel.

    The parts were curing in the autoclave.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CUREnoun

   Etymology: cura, Latin.

   1. Remedy; restorative.

   This league that we have made,
   Will give her sadness very little cure.
   Brother of England, how may we content
   This widow lady? William Shakespeare, King John.

   Cold, hunger, prisons, ills without a cure,
   All these he must, and guiltless oft, endure. John Dryden, Fables.

   Now we’re ador’d, and the next hour displease;
   At first your cure, and after your disease. George Granville.

   Quintus Horatius Flaccus advises the Romans to seek a seat in some remote part, by way of a cure for the corruption of their manners. Jonathan Swift.

   2. Act of healing.

   I do cures to-day, and to-morrow. Lu. xiii. 32.

   3. The benefice or employment of a curate or clergyman.

   If his cure lies among the lawyers, let nothing be said against entangling property, spinning out causes, squeezing clients, and making the laws a greater grievance than those who break them. Collier.

2. To Cureverb

   Etymology: curo, Latin.

   1. To heal; to restore to health; to remedy; to recover: with of before the disease. Used of patients or diseases.

   The bones, in sharp colds, wax brittle; and therefore all contusions of bones, in hard weather, are more difficult to cure. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 688.

   Here the poor Lover, that has long endur’d
   Some proud nymph’s scorn, of his fond passion’s cur’d. Edmund Waller.

   I never knew any man cured of inattention. Jonathan Swift.

   Hear what from love unpractis’d hearts endure,
   From love, the sole disease thou canst not cure. Alexander Pope.

   2. To prepare in any manner, so as to be preserved from corruption.

   The beef would be so ill chosen, or so ill cured, as to stink many times before it came so far as Holland. William Temple.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cure

   A cure is a substance or procedure that ends a medical condition, such as a medication, a surgical operation, a change in lifestyle or even a philosophical mindset that helps end a person's sufferings; or the state of being healed, or cured. The medical condition could be a disease, mental illness, genetic disorder, or simply a condition a person considers socially undesirable, such as baldness or lack of breast tissue. An incurable disease may or may not be a terminal illness; conversely, a curable illness can still result in the patient's death. The proportion of people with a disease that are cured by a given treatment, called the cure fraction or cure rate, is determined by comparing disease-free survival of treated people against a matched control group that never had the disease.Another way of determining the cure fraction and/or "cure time" is by measuring when the hazard rate in a diseased group of individuals returns to the hazard rate measured in the general population.Inherent in the idea of a cure is the permanent end to the specific instance of the disease. When a person has the common cold, and then recovers from it, the person is said to be cured, even though the person might someday catch another cold. Conversely, a person that has successfully managed a disease, such as diabetes mellitus, so that it produces no undesirable symptoms for the moment, but without actually permanently ending it, is not cured. Related concepts, whose meaning can differ, include response, remission and recovery.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cure

   A cure is a method or treatment that completely resolves a disease, disorder, or condition, restoring the individual's health to the state it was before they were affected. It can also refer to a procedure or substance that alleviates or eliminates symptoms, preventing the disease from progressing or returning.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Curenoun

   care, heed, or attention

2. Curenoun

   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

3. Curenoun

   medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure

4. Curenoun

   act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury

5. Curenoun

   means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative

6. Cureverb

   to heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient

7. Cureverb

   to subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady

8. Cureverb

   to set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit

9. Cureverb

   to prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay

10. Cureverb

    to pay heed; to care; to give attention

11. Cureverb

    to restore health; to effect a cure

12. Cureverb

    to become healed

13. Curenoun

    a curate; a pardon

14. Etymology: [OF. curer to take care, to heal, F., only, to cleanse, L. curare to take care, to heal, fr. cura. See Cure,.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cure

   Cure is a 1997 thriller film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki and Anna Nakagawa.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cure

   kūr, n. care of souls or spiritual charge: care of the sick: act of healing: that which heals: a remedy, or course of remedial treatment.—v.t. to heal: to preserve, as by drying, salting, &c.:—pr.p. cūr′ing; pa.p. cūred.—adj. Cur′able, that may be cured.—ns. Cur′ableness, Curabil′ity, quality of being curable; Cure′-all, a panacea.—adjs. Cur′ative, Cur′atory, tending to cure; Cure′less, that cannot be cured.—ns. Cur′er, one who cures: a physician; Cur′ing-house, a house or place in which anything is cured, esp. a building in which sugar is drained, as in the West Indies. [O. Fr. cure—-L. cura, care; not the same as Care.]

2. Curé

   kū′rā, n. a parish priest in France.

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1. CURÉ

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CURE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cure is ranked #22334 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cure surname appeared 1,154 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cure.
   
   74.9% or 865 total occurrences were White.
   12.9% or 149 total occurrences were Black.
   9.1% or 105 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 22 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Harden
   • Preserve

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cure' in Nouns Frequency: #2856

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cure' in Verbs Frequency: #1037

Anagrams for cure »

1. ecru

2. eruc

How to pronounce cure?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cure in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of cure in a Sentence

1. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy:

   The cure for the health crisis is keeping people isolated, you add to that job loss, small businesses that have been crushed. It's a toxic mix.

2. Andrea Fishkin:

   Fishkin told Fox News. SCIENTISTS DISCOVER POTENTIAL CURE FOR GRAY HAIR Fishkin said her mother started going gray when she was 18, so she knew there was a good chance she would follow the same silver path. After 12 years of dyeing her hair every four to six weeks, Fishkin decided to accept her silver tresses. I get compliments every day, it really makes me who I am. I love the brightness of it, I think it really matches me really well. Women like Fishkin are not alone in their silver journey. Celebrities like Jamie Lee Curtis and Helen Mirren were some of the first to embrace full silver. And now younger women like Kendall Jenner, Pink and Lady Gaga have followed suit. We’re talking about the last five years the silver trend has been going on, and I'm amazed at how many women actually look really great with silver hair, Massey said.

3. Randall Love:

   It gives me ... a sense of being worthwhile, a sense of being able to contribute to things, a sense of being able to help others, i get up just like everybody else in the morning. And I go to work, too. I'm not disabled. That's why I say it's the cure for me.

4. Duane Chapman:

   The cancer gig, of course, we got ta find a cure, because all we have now is some get lucky, but most pass away.

5. Tom Hanks as his dad:

   If I invented The Cure for cancer tomorrow, in the article The Cure would say,' Tom Hanks' Son Invents The Cure For Cancer,' you know what I mean ? The Cure's inevitable.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cure
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cure
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cure
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cure
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cure
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cure
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cure
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html