cure

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 [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. (Engineering / 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. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) (tr) to assist the hardening of (concrete, mortar, etc.) by keeping it moist

n

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

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

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

4. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the spiritual and pastoral charge of a parish the cure of souls

5. (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]

cureless  adj

curer  n

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

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]

Translations

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 cure
cure-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 [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

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 치유하다 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 치료하다 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 (고기 등을) 보존처리하다 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 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 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 치료법 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 curable

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 치유될 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 병에 잘 듣는 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

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cure → شفاء, يُعالِج vyléčení, vyléčit helbrede, kur heilen, Heilung θεραπεία, θεραπεύω cura, curar parannuskeino, parantaa guérir, traitement izliječiti, lijek cura, curare 治す, 治療 치료, (...을)치료하다 genezen, genezing kur, kurere kuracja, zaradzić cura, curar лечение, лечить bota, botemedel การรักษา, รักษา tedavi, tedavi etmek chữa bệnh, sự chữa bệnh 治愈