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C0812000 (kyo͝or)n.1. a. A drug or course of medical treatment used to restore health: discovered a new cure for ulcers.b. Restoration of health; recovery from disease: the likelihood of cure.c. Something that corrects or relieves a harmful or disturbing situation: The cats proved to be a good cure for our mouse problem.2. Ecclesiastical Spiritual charge or care, as of a priest for a congregation.3. The office or duties of a curate.4. The act or process of preserving a product.v. cured, cur·ing, cures v.tr.1. a. To cause to be free of a disease or unhealthy condition: medicine that cured the patient of gout.b. To cause to be free of, to lose interest in, or to stop doing something: a remark that cured me of the illusion that I might be a good singer; a bad reaction that cured him of the desire to smoke cigars; a visit to the dentist that cured her of eating sweets.2. To eliminate (a disease, for example) from the body by medical or other treatment; cause recovery from: new antibiotics to cure infections.3. To remove or remedy (something harmful or disturbing): cure a social 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 drug that cures without side effects.2. To be prepared, preserved, or finished by a chemical or physical process: hams curing in the smokehouse.

[Middle English, from Old French, medical treatment, from Latin cūra, from Archaic Latin coisa-.]

cure′less adj.cur′er n.

cu·ré

C0812100 (kyo͝o-rā′, kyo͝or′ā′)n. A parish priest, especially in a French-speaking community.

[French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cūrātus; see curate¹.]

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(kjʊə) vb1. (tr) to get rid of (an ailment, fault, or problem); heal2. (tr) to restore to health or good condition3. (intr) to bring about a cure4. (Cookery) (tr) to preserve (meat, fish, etc) by salting, smoking, etc5. (Chemical Engineering) (tr) a. to treat or finish (a substance) by chemical or physical meansb. to vulcanize (rubber)c. to allow (a polymer) to set often using heat or pressure6. (Building) (tr) to assist the hardening of (concrete, mortar, etc) by keeping it moistn7. (Medicine) a return to health, esp after specific treatment8. (Medicine) any course of medical therapy, esp one proved effective in combating a disease9. a means of restoring health or improving a condition, situation, etc10. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the spiritual and pastoral charge of a parish: the cure of souls. 11. (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] ˈcureless adj ˈcurer n

curé

(ˈkjʊəreɪ) n (Roman Catholic Church) a parish priest in France[French, from Medieval Latin cūrātus; see curate¹]

cure

(kyʊər)

n., v. cured, cur•ing. n. 1. a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy. 2. a method or course of remedial treatment, as for disease. 3. successful remedial treatment; restoration to health. 4. a means of correcting or relieving anything troublesome or detrimental: a cure for inflation. 5. a process of preserving meat, fish, etc., by smoking, salting, or the like. 6. spiritual or religious charge of the people in a certain district. 7. the office or district of a curate. v.t. 8. to restore to health. 9. to relieve or rid of (an illness, bad habit, etc.). 10. to prepare (meat, fish, etc.) for preservation by smoking, salting, etc. 11. to process (rubber, tobacco, etc.) as by fermentation or aging. 12. to promote hardening of (fresh concrete or mortar), as by keeping damp. v.i. 13. to effect a cure. 14. to become cured. [1250–1300; (v.) < Middle French curer < Latin cūrāre to take care of, derivative of cūra care; (n.) < Old French cure < Latin cūra] cure′less, adj. cur′er, n.

cu•ré

(kyʊˈreɪ, ˈkyʊər eɪ)

n., pl. -rés. (in France) a parish priest. [1645–55; < French, Old French; modeled on Medieval Latin cūrātus parish priest; see curate]

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Past participle: cured
Gerund: curing

Imperative
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Present
I cure
you cure
he/she/it cures
we cure
you cure
they cure

Preterite
I cured
you cured
he/she/it cured
we cured
you cured
they cured

Present Continuous
I am curing
you are curing
he/she/it is curing
we are curing
you are curing
they are curing

Present Perfect
I have cured
you have cured
he/she/it has cured
we have cured
you have cured
they have cured

Past Continuous
I was curing
you were curing
he/she/it was curing
we were curing
you were curing
they were curing

Past Perfect
I had cured
you had cured
he/she/it had cured
we had cured
you had cured
they had cured

Future
I will cure
you will cure
he/she/it will cure
we will cure
you will cure
they will cure

Future Perfect
I will have cured
you will have cured
he/she/it will have cured
we will have cured
you will have cured
they will have cured

Future Continuous
I will be curing
you will be curing
he/she/it will be curing
we will be curing
you will be curing
they will be curing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been curing
you have been curing
he/she/it has been curing
we have been curing
you have been curing
they have been curing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been curing
you will have been curing
he/she/it will have been curing
we will have been curing
you will have been curing
they will have been curing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been curing
you had been curing
he/she/it had been curing
we had been curing
you had been curing
they had been curing

Conditional
I would cure
you would cure
he/she/it would cure
we would cure
you would cure
they would cure

Past Conditional
I would have cured
you would have cured
he/she/it would have cured
we would have cured
you would have cured
they would have cured

cure

To preserve meat or fish by salting, drying or smoking.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cure - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve paincurative, therapeutic, remedytreatment, 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 deafnessantidote, counterpoison - a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poisonemetic, nauseant, vomitive, vomit - a medicine that induces nausea and vomitinglenitive - remedy that eases pain and discomfortlotion, 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 diseaseointment, salve, unguent, balm, unction - semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritationalleviant, palliative, alleviator - remedy that alleviates pain without curingcatholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panacea - hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemistspreventative, 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, healpractice 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"

cure

verb1. 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.noun1. 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]

cure

noun1. An agent used to restore health:elixir, medicament, medication, medicine, nostrum, physic, remedy.2. Something that corrects or counteracts:antidote, corrective, countermeasure, curative, remedy.verbTo rectify (an undesirable or unhealthy condition):heal, remedy.

Translations

治愈用干燥和腌等方法加工贮藏疗法药物医治

cure

(kjuə) verb1. to make better. That medicine cured me; That will cure him of his bad habits.医治2. to get rid of (an illness etc). That pill cured my headache.治愈3. to preserve (bacon etc) by drying, salting etc. （用干燥，腌等方法）加工贮藏 noun something which cures. They're trying to find a cure for cancer. 药物，疗法 ˈcurable adjective able to be cured. a curable form of cancer.可治愈的curative (ˈkjuərətiv) adjective intended to, or likely to, cure. curative treatment.有疗效的

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past cure

Incurable or hopeless, especially of an illness that has a grim prognosis. We need to go see your grandmother tonight—the doctors believe that her condition is past cure.See also: cure, past

cure (someone or something) of (something)

1. To heal someone of something. That antibiotic cured Sam of his illness in just a few days. I really hope this new therapist can cure me of my compulsive behaviors.2. To fix or repair a malfunctioning machine. Unfortunately, a few good smacks on the lid did not cure the washer of that dreadful noise.See also: cure, of

prevention is better than cure

Work to stop something from happening is easier and better than having to try to resolve it later. Unless you want to be violently ill for days, get the flu shot now—prevention is better than cure, you know.See also: better, cure, prevention

kill or cure

Said of something that can only have one of two outcomes: very negative ("kill") or very positive ("cure"). We're all anxiously awaiting the dean's decision on grant money, as it will kill or cure our research.See also: cure, kill

an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

Working to stop something from happening is easier and better than having to try to resolve it later. Unless you want to be violently ill for days, get the flu shot now—an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, you know. Councilor, I am of the firm belief that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and investing in social and educational programs has been proven more effective at reducing crime than simply strengthening police force to combat it!See also: cure, of, ounce, pound, prevention, worth

sure cure

Something that is guaranteed to be an effective remedy for some ailment. Typically implies a treatment that is either figurative, alternative, or homemade. Here, drink this—it's a sure cure for a hangover. Arts and crafts projects are a sure cure for bored kids.See also: cure, sure

take the cure

To enter into a center or program designed to treat drug or alcohol addiction. I always seem to find my way back to heroin a month or two after taking the cure. My brother had to hit absolute rock bottom before he would agree to take the cure.See also: cure, take

the Dutch cure

The act of committing suicide when considered the cowardly response for one's ailment or woes. The disparaging use of the word "Dutch" is a reference to the fierce rivalry between England and the Dutch in the 17th century. After her daughter died, we were worried that Mary might be tempted to relieve her grief with the Dutch cure. I always told myself that if I were ever diagnosed with a terminal disease, I'd take the Dutch cure to end it all before life became too miserable.See also: cure, Dutch

cure someone of something

to rid someone of a disease, ailment, bad habit, or obsession. I hope that the doctor prescribes something to cure him of that chronic cough. Will you please try to cure yourself of your constant interrupting?See also: cure, of

cure something of something

to eliminate the cause of a malfunction in a machine or a device. (See also someone of something">cure someone of something.) I think I have cured the stapler of jamming all the time. I can't seem to cure the committee of procrastination.See also: cure, of

ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

Prov. If you put in a little effort to prevent a problem, you will not have to put in a lot of effort to solve the problem. Brush your teeth every day; that way you won't have to go to the dentist to have cavities filled. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If you get in the habit of being careful with your new stereo, chances are you won't break it and have to have it fixed later. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.See also: cure, of, ounce, pound, prevention, worth

Prevention is better than cure.

Prov. It is better to try to keep a bad thing from happening than it is to fix the bad thing once it has happened. (See also An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.) If we spend more money on education, so that children learn to be responsible citizens, we won't have to spend so much money on prisons. Prevention is better than cure.See also: better, cure, prevention

take the cure

to enter into any treatment program or treatment center. (Especially those dealing with drugs and alcohol.) I wanted to take the cure, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. It's hard to get those addicted to realize that they are the ones who have to decide to take the cure.See also: cure, take

What can't be cured must be endured.

Prov. If you cannot do anything about a problem, you will have to live with it. Alan: No matter what I do, I can't make the dog stop barking in the middle of the night. Jane: What can't be cured must be endured, then, I guess.See also: cure, endure, must, what

kill or cure

Either remedy a disease or kill the patient, as in The copy chief did not like her headline for the drug, "Kill or Cure." This expression dates from the mid-1700s, when it was already being used half-jokingly. See also: cure, kill

ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, an

It is easier to forestall a disaster than to deal with it. For example, The new law makes all children under twelve wear bicycle helmets-an ounce of prevention. This ancient proverb is first recorded in Latin in Henry de Bracton's De Legibus (c. 1240) and has been repeated ever since, often in shortened form. See also: of, ounce, pound, prevention, worth

sure cure

A remedy that won't fail, as in Hard work is a sure cure for brooding. Originating in the late 1800s as an advertising slogan ( Dr. Keck's Sure Cure for Catarrh; first recorded in 1881), this rhyming phrase was soon extended to other matters. See also: cure, sure

kill or cure

(of a remedy for a problem) likely to either work well or fail catastrophically, with no possibility of partial success. British 1998 Richard Gordon Ailments through the Ages Mackenzie complained that the Germans' policy was ‘kill or cure’: if they tried an elaborate laryngectomy, it would turn them from surgeons into assassins. See also: cure, kill

ˌkill or ˈcure

(British English) extreme action which will either be a complete success or a complete failure: This new chemical will either clean the painting perfectly or it will damage it badly. It’s kill or cure.See also: cure, kill

preˌvention is better than ˈcure

(British English) (American English an ounce of preˌvention is better than a pound of ˈcure) (saying) it is better to stop something bad from happening rather than try to deal with the problems after it has happened: Remember that prevention is better than cure, so brush your teeth at least twice a day and visit your dentist for regular check-ups.See also: better, cure, prevention

the Dutch act

and the Dutch cure n. suicide. Well, Ken took the Dutch cure last week. So sad. It was the Dutch act. He ate his gun. See also: act, Dutch

the Dutch cure

verbSee the Dutch actSee also: cure, Dutch

take the cure

tv. to enter into any treatment program or treatment center. (Especially those dealing with drugs and alcohol.) I wanted to take the cure, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. See also: cure, take

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verb make better

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verb restore to health

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verb rectify

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verb preserve

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noun remedy

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noun an agent used to restore health

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noun something that corrects or counteracts

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verb to rectify (an undesirable or unhealthy condition)

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noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

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