cure

cure

 (kyo͝or)

n.

1.

a. A drug or course of medical treatment used to restore health: discovered a new cure for ulcers.

b. Restoration of health; recovery from disease: the likelihood of cure.

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

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

3. The office or duties of a curate.

4. The act or process of preserving a product.

v. cured, cur·ing, cures

v.tr.

1.

a. To cause to be free of a disease or unhealthy condition: medicine that cured the patient of gout.

b. To cause to be free of, to lose interest in, or to stop doing something: a remark that cured me of the illusion that I might be a good singer; a bad reaction that cured him of the desire to smoke cigars; a visit to the dentist that cured her of eating sweets.

2. To eliminate (a disease, for example) from the body by medical or other treatment; cause recovery from: new antibiotics to cure infections.

3. To remove or remedy (something harmful or disturbing): cure a social 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 drug that cures without side effects.

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 cūra, from Archaic Latin coisa-.]

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cure′less adj.

cur′er n.

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cu·ré

 (kyo͝o-rā′, kyo͝or′ā′)

n.

A parish priest, especially in a French-speaking community.

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[French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cūrātus; see curate¹.]

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cure

(kjʊə)

vb

1. (tr) to get rid of (an ailment, fault, or problem); heal

2. (tr) to restore to health or good condition

3. (intr) to bring about a cure

4. (Cookery) (tr) to preserve (meat, fish, etc) by salting, smoking, etc

5. (Chemical Engineering) (tr)

a. to treat or finish (a substance) by chemical or physical means

b. to vulcanize (rubber)

c. to allow (a polymer) to set often using heat or pressure

6. (Building) (tr) to assist the hardening of (concrete, mortar, etc) by keeping it moist

n

7. (Medicine) a return to health, esp after specific treatment

8. (Medicine) any course of medical therapy, esp one proved effective in combating a disease

9. a means of restoring health or improving a condition, situation, etc

10. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the spiritual and pastoral charge of a parish: the cure of souls.

11. (Cookery) a process or method of preserving meat, fish, etc, by salting, pickling, or smoking

[(n) C13: from Old French, from Latin cūra care; in ecclesiastical sense, from Medieval Latin cūra spiritual charge; (vb) C14: from Old French curer, from Latin cūrāre to attend to, heal, from cūra care]

ˈcureless adj

ˈcurer n

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curé

(ˈkjʊəreɪ)

n

(Roman Catholic Church) a parish priest in France

[French, from Medieval Latin cūrātus; see curate¹]

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cure

(kyʊər)

n., v. cured, cur•ing. n.

1. a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.

2. a method or course of remedial treatment, as for disease.

3. successful remedial treatment; restoration to health.

4. a means of correcting or relieving anything troublesome or detrimental: a cure for inflation.

5. a process of preserving meat, fish, etc., by smoking, salting, or the like.

6. spiritual or religious charge of the people in a certain district.

7. the office or district of a curate.

v.t.

8. to restore to health.

9. to relieve or rid of (an illness, bad habit, etc.).

10. to prepare (meat, fish, etc.) for preservation by smoking, salting, etc.

11. to process (rubber, tobacco, etc.) as by fermentation or aging.

12. to promote hardening of (fresh concrete or mortar), as by keeping damp.

v.i.

13. to effect a cure.

14. to become cured.

[1250–1300; (v.) < Middle French curer < Latin cūrāre to take care of, derivative of cūra care; (n.) < Old French cure < Latin cūra]

cure′less, adj.

cur′er, n.

cu•ré

(kyʊˈreɪ, ˈkyʊər eɪ)

n., pl. -rés.

(in France) a parish priest.

[1645–55; < French, Old French; modeled on Medieval Latin cūrātus parish priest; see curate]

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cure

Past participle: cured
Gerund: curing

Imperative

cure

cure

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cure

To preserve meat or fish by salting, drying or smoking.

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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 An operation finally cured his shin injury.

2. restore to health, restore, heal I was cured almost overnight.

3. rectify, improve, fix, remedy, right, correct, repair, amend, make good, mend, redress, put right, emend We need to cure our environmental problems.

4. preserve, smoke, dry, salt, pickle, kipper Legs of pork were cured and smoked over the fire.

noun

1. remedy, treatment, medicine, healing, antidote, corrective, panacea, restorative, nostrum There is still no cure for the common cold.

Quotations
"It is part of the cure to wish to be cured" [Seneca Phaedra]
"The cure is worse than the disease" [Philip Massinger The Bondman]

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cure

noun

1. An agent used to restore health:

elixir, medicament, medication, medicine, nostrum, physic, remedy.

2. Something that corrects or counteracts:

antidote, corrective, countermeasure, curative, remedy.

verb

To rectify (an undesirable or unhealthy condition):

heal, remedy.

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Translations

شِفَاءشِفاء، عِلاج، دَواءيثَخلَّص، يُخلِّصيَشْفي، يُخلِّصيُعالِجُ

léčitlékvyléčitkonzervovat

kurhelbredekonserverekureremiddel

heilenHeilungKurationräuchernaushärten

θεραπεύωίασηγιατρειάθεραπεία

curarcuraremediosalarremediar

parantaahoitaahoitoparannusparannuskeino

guérirtraitementtraiterremèdesoigner

izliječitilijek

kigyógyítpácol

læknalækning, meîferîverka

curacurareguarigioneguarireporre rimedio a

治療治す

치료(...을)치료하다

remediumsanare

gydomasisišgydomasišgydymasišgydytisūdyti

ārstēšanaārstētārstniecisks līdzeklisdziedināšanaizārstēt

genezenremediegeneesmiddel

kurerelegemiddelsalte og røykebehandlinggjøre frisk

kuracjazaradzić

curacurar

лечениелечить

zdravilozdraviti

botabotemedelkur

การรักษารักษา

tedavitedavi etmektuzlamakyok etmekçare

chữa bệnhsự chữa bệnh

治愈用干燥和腌等方法加工贮藏疗法药物医治

cure

[kjʊəʳ]

A. N (= remedy) → remedio m; (= course of treatment) → cura f; (= process of recovery) → curación f
there is no known cure → no existe curación
to be beyond cure [person] → padecer una enfermedad incurable; [situation, injustice] → ser irremediable
to take a cure (for illness) → tomar un remedio

B. VT

1. (Med) [+ disease, patient] → curar (fig) [+ poverty, injustice, evil] → remediar
to cure sb of a habit → quitar a algn un vicio
what can't be cured must be endured → hay cosas que no queda más remedio que aguantar

2. (= preserve) (in salt) → salar; (by smoking) → curar; (by drying) → secar; [+ animal hide] → curtir

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cure

[ˈkjʊə^r]

vt

[+ illness] → guérir; [+ problem, habit] → guérir; [+ person] → guérir
to cure sb of sth → guérir qn de qch
to be cured of sth [+ illness] → être guéri(e) de qch

(COOKERY) [+ food] (by salting) → saler; (by smoking) → fumer; (by drying) → sécher

[+ leather, hide] → traiter

n

(for illness) → remède m
a hangover cure, a cure for hangovers → un remède contre la gueule de bois

(for problem) → solution f miracle curecure-all [ˈkjʊə^rɔːl] n

(lit) (for illnesses) → panacée f

(fig) (for problems) → panacée f

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cure

vt

(Med) illness, person → heilen, kurieren (inf); to be/get cured (of something) → (von etw) geheilt or kuriert (inf) → sein/werden; he used to be an alcoholic but he’s been cured → er war früher Alkoholiker, aber jetzt ist er geheilt or kuriert (inf)

(fig) inflation, ill etc → abhelfen (+dat); to cure somebody of something → jdm etw austreiben, jdn von etw kurieren; I’ll cure him! → dem werde ich das schon austreiben!

food → haltbar machen; (= salt) → pökeln; (= smoke) → räuchern; (= dry) → trocknen; skins, tobacco → trocknen

vi

(= be healed) → heilen

(food, bacon, fish) it is left to cure (= to salt) → es wird zum Pökeln eingelegt; (= to smoke) → es wird zum Räuchern aufgehängt; (= to dry) → es wird zum Trocknen aufgehängt or ausgebreitet

n

(Med) (= remedy) → (Heil)mittel nt → (for gegen); (= treatment) → Heilverfahren nt → (for sb für jdn, for sth gegen etw); (= recovery) → Heilung f; (= health cure) → Kur f; (fig: = remedy) → Mittel nt → (for gegen); to take the cure → zur or in Kur gehen, eine Kur machen; beyond cure (patient) → unheilbar krank; illness → unheilbar; (fig) state of affairs, laziness etc → hoffnungslos; there’s no cure for that (lit) → das ist unheilbar; (fig) → dagegen kann man nichts machen

(Eccl: = spiritual care) the cure of souls → die Seelsorge

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cure

[kjʊəʳ]

1. n (remedy) → cura; (recovery) → guarigione f
to take a cure → fare una cura

2. vt

a. (Med) (disease, patient) → guarire (fig) (poverty, injustice, evil) → eliminare
to be cured of sth → essere guarito/a da qc
to cure sb of a habit → far perdere a qn un'abitudine

b. (preserve, in salt) → salare; (by smoking) → affumicare; (by drying) → seccare, essiccare; (animal hide) → conciare, trattare

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cure

(kjuə) verb

1. to make better. That medicine cured me; That will cure him of his bad habits. genees يَشْفي، يُخلِّص лекувам curar (vy)léčit heilen helbrede; kurere θεραπεύωcurar, remediar ravima مداوا کردن؛ درمان کردن parantaa guérir לְרַפֵא बेहतर करना izliječiti (meg)gyógyít menyembuhkan lækna curare, guarire 直す 치유하다 išgydyti []ārstēt menyembuhkan genezenhelbrede, kurereleczyć درملنه کول 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 curar vyléčit heilen kurere θεραπεύω, θεραπεύομαι από curar terveks tegema از شر چیزی راحت شدن parantaa guérir לְרַפֵא निरोग करना izliječiti kigyógyít menghilangkan lækna curare, guarire 治す 치료하다 išgydyti izārstēt menghilangkan genezenhelbrede, avhjelpe wyleczyć z د یو شی له شر څخه خلاصیدل 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 curar konzervovat räuchern, einpökeln, etc. konservere; tørre; salte διατηρώcurar 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 (고기 등을) 보존처리하다 konservuoti, sūdyti (kūpinot, sālot u.tml.) konservēt (gaļu) mengawet verduurzamenkonservere, grave, salte og røykekonserwować, peklować له فساد څخه ساتل curar a săra; a usca; a afuma вялить konzervovať sušiti (meso) konzervirati konservera, göra hållbar ถนอมอาหาร kurutmak, tuzlamak 透過乾燥和鹽醃來保存(如臘肉) заготовляти, засолювати نمك لگا كر سكهانا xử lý để có thể để lâu （用干燥，腌等方法）加工贮藏

noun

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

ˈcurable adjective

able to be cured. a curable form of cancer. geneeslik قابِل للشِّفاء، مُمكِن شفاؤه лечим curável (vy)léčitelný heilbar helbredelig θεραπεύσιμοςcurable, que tiene cura ravitav قابل علاج hoidettava guérissable נִיתַן לְרִפּוּי उपचार योग्य izlječiv gyógyítható dapat disembuhkan læknanlegur curabile, guaribile なおる 치유될 수 있는 išgydomas ārstējams; izdziedināms boleh disembuhkan geneeslijkhelbredelig uleczalny د درملنی وړ 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

curative (ˈkjuərətiv) adjective

intended to, or likely to, cure. curative treatment. genesend شافِ، شِفائي، عِلاجي лечебен curativo léčivý, léčebný heilend helbredende; kurerende θεραπευτικόςcurativo raviv درمانی parantava curatifמרפא रोगहर, आरोग्यकर ljekovit gyógyhatású penyembuhan læknandi curativo 治療の 병에 잘 듣는 gydomasis ārstējošs; dziedinošs; dziedniecisks menyembuhkan heilzaamhelbredende, legende, helse-leczniczy د درملنی وړ 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

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cure

→ شِفَاء, يُعالِجُ léčit, lék helbrede, kur heilen, Heilung θεραπεία, θεραπεύω cura, curar parannuskeino, parantaa guérir, traitement izliječiti, lijek cura, curare 治す, 治療 치료, (...을)치료하다 geneesmiddel, genezen kur, kurere kuracja, zaradzić cura, curar лечение, лечить bota, botemedel การรักษา, รักษา tedavi, tedavi etmek chữa bệnh, sự chữa bệnh 治愈

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cure

n. curación, remedio;

v. curar, sanar, remediar.

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cure

n cura, remedio; vt curar

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