cure
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"

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"

Related terms: preserve dun hardening
4. [ verb ] make (substances) hard and improve their usability
Examples:

"cure resin"

Related terms: harden
5. [ verb ] be or become preserved
Examples:

"the apricots cure in the sun"

Related terms: change
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