 cured |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] (used especially of meat) cured in brine | |
| Synonyms: | corned | |
| Related terms: | preserved | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry | |
| Related terms: | preserved | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening | |
| Related terms: | seasoned | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (used of rubber, e.g.) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) | |
| Synonyms: | vulcanized | |
| Related terms: | processed | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] freed from illness or injury | |
| Synonyms: | recovered healed | |
| Examples: | "the patient appears cured" "the incision is healed" "appears to be entirely recovered" "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron |
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| Related terms: | well | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (used of rubber, e.g.) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) | |
| Synonyms: | vulcanized vulcanised | |
| Related terms: | processed | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) | |
| Synonyms: | aged | |
| Related terms: | preserved | |
| Similar spelling: |
curette curd curet curate cred |
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