Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
904,296,594 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

cure

   Also found in: Medical, Legal, Financial, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
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.

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

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.

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.curecure - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
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"
Verb1.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"
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"

cure
verb 1. make better, correct, heal, relieve, remedy, mend, rehabilitate, help, ease
verb 2. restore to health, restore, heal
Translations
Spanish cure [kjuəʳ] vtcurar
ncura, curación f;
to be cured of sth → curarse de algo;
to take a cure → tomar un remedio

French cure [kjuəʳ] vtguérir;
(Culin) (= salt); saler: (= smoke); fumer: (= dry); sécher
nremède m;
to be cured of sth → être guéri de qch

German cure [kjuəʳ] vtheilen;
(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

Italian cure [kjuəʳ] vtguarire;
nrimedio;
to be cured of sth → essere guarito/a da qc

?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in classic literature
 
This king was a leper, and all his doctors had been unable to cure him, when a very clever physician came to his court.
You must,' says the captain, 'because it's the cure.
His first cure occurred in the eighth year of his life as a hermit.
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.