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cure  (kyr)

n.

1. Restoration of health; recovery from disease.

2. A method or course of medical treatment used to restore health.

3. An agent, such as a drug, that restores health; a remedy.

4. Something that corrects or relieves a harmful or disturbing situation: The cats proved to be a good cure for our mouse problem.

5. Ecclesiastical Spiritual charge or care, as of a priest for a congregation.

6. The office or duties of a curate.

7. The act or process of preserving a product.

v. cured, cur·ing, cures

v.tr.

1. To restore to health.

2. To effect a recovery from: cure a cold.

3. To remove or remedy (something harmful or disturbing): cure an evil.

4. To preserve (meat, for example), as by salting, smoking, or aging.

5. To prepare, preserve, or finish (a substance) by a chemical or physical process.

6. To vulcanize (rubber).

v.intr.

1. To effect a cure or recovery: a medicine that cures.

2. To be prepared, preserved, or finished by a chemical or physical process: hams curing in the smokehouse.

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[Middle English, from Old French, medical treatment, from Latin cra, from Archaic Latin coisa-.]

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curer n.

cureless adj.

Synonyms: cure, heal, remedy
These verbs mean to set right an undesirable or unhealthy condition: cure an ailing economy; heal a wounded spirit; remedy a structural defect.

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cure

Verb

[curing, cured]

1. to get rid of (an ailment or problem)

2. to restore (someone) to health

3. to preserve (meat or fish) by salting or smoking

4. to preserve (leather or tobacco) by drying

5. to vulcanize (rubber)

Noun

1. a restoration to health

2. medical treatment that restores health

3. a means of restoring health or improving a situation

4. a curacy [Latin cura care]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cure - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain curative, therapeutic, remedy treatment, intervention - care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) acoustic - a remedy for hearing loss or deafness antidote, counterpoison - a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison emetic, nauseant, vomitive, vomit - a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting lenitive - remedy that eases pain and discomfort lotion, application - liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion for dry skin" magic bullet - a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease; "there is no magic bullet against cancer" medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease ointment, salve, unguent, balm, unction - semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation alleviant, palliative, alleviator - remedy that alleviates pain without curing catholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panacea - hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists preventative, preventive, prophylactic - remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
Verb	1.	cure - provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to" bring around, heal practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" aid, help - improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" recuperate - restore to good health or strength
	2.	cure - prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay" preserve, keep - prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" cure - be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun" dun - cure by salting; "dun codfish"
	3.	cure - make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap" harden, indurate - become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"
	4.	cure - be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" cure - prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"

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cure

verb 1. make better, correct, heal, relieve, remedy, mend, rehabilitate, help, ease

verb 2. restore to health, restore, heal

verb 3. preserve, smoke, dry, salt, pickle, kipper

noun 4. remedy, treatment, medicine, healing, antidote, corrective, panacea, restorative, nostrum

Translations

cure [kjuəʳ] vt → curar

n → cura, curación f;

to be cured of sth → curarse de algo;

to take a cure → tomar un remedio

cure [kjuəʳ] vt → guérir;

(Culin) (= salt); saler: (= smoke); fumer: (= dry); sécher

n → remède m;

to be cured of sth → être guéri de qch

cure [kjuəʳ] vt → heilen;

(Culin) (salt) → pökeln;

(000) (smoke) → räuchern;

(000) (dry) → trocknen;

(problem) → abhelfen +dat

n (remedy) → (Heil)mittel nt;

(treatment) → Heilverfahren nt;

(solution) → Abhilfe f;

to be cured of sth → von etw geheilt sein

cure [kjuəʳ] vt → guarire;

(CULIN) → trattare; affumicare; essiccare

n → rimedio;

to be cured of sth → essere guarito/a da qc

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cure

v cure [kjuə]

1 to make better That medicine cured me; That will cure him of his bad habits. genees يَشْفي، يُخلِّص лекувам (vy)léčit helbrede; kurere heilen θεραπεύω curar, remediar ravima مداوا کردن؛ درمان کردن parantaa guérir לְרַפֵא बेहतर करना izliječiti (meg)gyógyít menyembuhkan lækna curare, guarire 直す 치료하다 išgydyti []ārstēt menyembuhkan genezen helbrede, kurere leczyć curar a vindeca исцелять (vy)liečiť zdraviti izlečiti bota, kurera รักษา tedavi etmek, iyileştirmek 使好轉 відучувати, зціляти تندرست كرنا، علاج كرنا làm cho ai khỏe mạnh 医治

2 to get rid of (an illness etc) That pill cured my headache. genees يثَخلَّص، يُخلِّص изцерявам vyléčit kurere heilen θεραπεύω, θεραπεύομαι από curar terveks tegema از شر چیزی راحت شدن parantaa guérir לְרַפֵא निरोग करना izliječiti kigyógyít menghilangkan lækna curare, guarire 治す (나쁜 버릇 등을) 없애다 išgydyti izārstēt menghilangkan genezen helbrede, avhjelpe wyleczyć z curar a îndepărta вылечивать vyliečiť ozdraviti odstraniti bota, kurera เยียวยา iyileştirmek, yok etmek 治癒 виліковувати, зціляти مرض س‍ے نجات پانا chữa bệnh 治愈

3 to preserve (bacon etc) by drying, salting etc. piekel يُمَلِّح ويُقَدِّد суша konzervovat konservere; tørre; salte räuchern, einpökeln, etc. διατηρώ (κτ. φαγώσιμο) curar konserveerima از فساد حفظ کردن säilöä sécher; saler; fumer לְשָמֵר सुखा कर या किसी और तरह से परिक्षण करना konzervirati pácol mengawetkan verka conservare 保存加工する (말리거나 절여) 보존하다 konservuoti, sūdyti (kūpinot, sālot u.tml.) konservēt (gaļu) mengawet verduurzamen konservere, grave (fisk), salte og røyke (kjøtt) konserwować, peklować curar a săra; a usca; a afuma вялить konzervovať sušiti (meso) konzervirati konservera, göra hållbar ถนอมอาหาร kurutmak, tuzlamak 保存(指乾燥，醃等方法) заготовляти, засолювати نمك لگا كر سكهانا xử lý để có thể để lâu 被加工处理（指干燥，腌等）

n

something which cures They're trying to find a cure for cancer. genesing, geneesmiddel شِفاء، عِلاج، دَواء лекарство lék kur; behandling; middel die Heilung θεραπεία cura, remedio ravim درمان keino remède מַרפֵּא दवा lijek gyógymód obat lækning, meðferð cura 治療法 치료 vaistas, išgydymas [] līdzeklis; ārstēšana; dziedināšana penawar remedie helbredelse; behandling, legemiddel lekarstwo cura remediu лекарство liek zdravilo lek botemedel การรักษา tedavi, çare 藥劑；療法 лікування; ліки علاج، دوا chữa khỏi 疗法

adj ˈcurable

able to be cured a curable form of cancer. geneeslik قابِل للشِّفاء، مُمكِن شفاؤه лечим (vy)léčitelný helbredelig heilbar θεραπεύσιμος curable, que tiene cura ravitav قابل علاج parannettavissa oleva guérissable נִיתַן לְרִפּוּי उपचार योग्य izlječiv gyógyítható dapat disembuhkan læknanlegur curabile, guaribile なおる 치료할 수 있는 išgydomas ārstējams; izdziedināms boleh disembuhkan geneeslijk helbredelig uleczalny curável vindecabil излечимый vyliečiteľný ozdravljiv izlečiv botlig, botbar ที่สามารถเยียวยารักษาได้ tedavi edilebilir 可治癒的 виліковний قابل علاج có thể chữa khỏi 可治愈的

adj curative [ˈkjuərətiv]

intended to, or likely to, cure curative treatment. genesend شافِ، شِفائي، عِلاجي лечебен léčivý, léčebný helbredende; kurerende heilend θεραπευτικός curativo raviv درمانی parantava curatif מְרַפֵּא रोगहर, आरोग्यकर ljekovit gyógyhatású penyembuhan læknandi curativo 治療の 치료 효험이 있는 gydomasis ārstējošs; dziedinošs; dziedniecisks menyembuhkan heilzaam helbredende, legende, helse- leczniczy curativo curativ целебный liečebný zdravilen lekovit botande, läkande ที่สามารถเยียวยารักษาได้ iyileştiren, tedavi eden 有療效的 цілющий شفا بخش thuộc chữa bệnh 有疗效的