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| 1. | [ verb ] provide a cure for, make healthy again | |
| Synonyms: | bring_around heal | |
| Examples: | "The treatment cured the boy's acne" "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to" |
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| Related terms: | help recuperate medicine remedy treat | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | |
| Synonyms: | remedy curative | |
| Related terms: | treatment medicine panacea lotion ointment magic_bullet emetic antidote lenitive palliative acoustic preventive treatment | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (food) prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve | |
| Examples: | "cure meats" "cure pickles" |
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| Related terms: | preserve dun hardening | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make (substances) hard and improve their usability | |
| Examples: | "cure resin" |
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| Related terms: | harden | |
| 5. | [ verb ] be or become preserved | |
| Examples: | "the apricots cure in the sun" |
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| Related terms: | change | |
| Similar spelling: |
cur Currie Currey curry Curro curie |
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