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- Dictionarycure/kjʊə/
verb
- 1. relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition: "he was cured of the disease" Similar
- 2. preserve (meat, fish, tobacco, or an animal skin) by salting, drying, or smoking: "home-cured ham" Similar
noun
- 1. a substance or treatment that cures a disease or condition: "the search for a cure for the common cold" Similar
- 2. the process of curing rubber, plastic, or other material.
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CURE definition: 1. to make someone with an illness healthy again: 2. to stop someone doing or wanting something…. Learn more.
1. a. : spiritual charge : care. b. : pastoral charge of a parish. 2. a. : recovery or relief from a disease. Her cure was complete. b. : something (such as a drug or treatment) that cures a disease. Quinine is a cure for malaria. c. : a course or period of treatment. take the cure for alcoholism. d. : spa sense 1. one of the fashionable cures. 3.
Cure is applied to the eradication of disease or sickness: to cure a headache. Heal suggests the making whole of wounds, sores, etc.: to heal a burn. Remedy applies especially to making wrongs right: to remedy a mistake.
cure, heal, remedy imply making well, whole, or right. cure is applied to the eradication of disease or sickness: to cure a headache. heal suggests the making whole of wounds, sores, etc.: to heal a burn. remedy applies esp. to making wrongs right: to remedy a mistake.
Definition of cure verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to stop someone doing or wanting something bad: At one time she would eat nothing but crisps, but we soon cured her by ensuring she ate nothing else. cure someone of something I ate so much candy that day that I was cured of my sugar craving for months. C1. to solve a problem:
Definitions of 'cure' 1. If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear. [...] 2. If doctors or medical treatments cure a person, they make the person well again after an illness or injury. [...] 3. A cure for an illness is a medicine or other treatment that cures the illness. [...] More.
1. To effect a cure or recovery: a drug that cures without side effects. 2. To be prepared, preserved, or finished by a chemical or physical process: hams curing in the smokehouse.
CURE meaning: 1 : something (such as a drug or medical treatment) that stops a disease and makes someone healthy again often + for; 2 : something that ends a problem or improves a bad situation solution often + for
a means of correcting or relieving anything troublesome or harmful: a cure for inflation. v. Medicine to restore (someone) to health; heal:[~ + object] Those little pills cured me completely. to relieve or rid of (an illness, problem, etc.):[~ + object] We need to take drastic steps to cure unemployment.
