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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cure /kyʊr/USA pronunciation n., v., cured, cur•ing. n. [countable] - Medicinea medicine or treatment to heal or restore health;
remedy:a cure for cancer. - Medicinesuccessful treatment that restores health:a complete cure.
- 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.
- Food to prepare (meat, etc.) for preservation by smoking, salting, aging, etc.:[~ + object]They cure the ham in a smokehouse.
- Chemistry (of meat, etc.) to undergo a process of preservation by smoking, salting, etc.:[no object]The meat cures for several months in the warehouse.
cur•er, n. [countable]See -cura-.cu•ré /kyʊˈreɪ, ˈkyʊreɪ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -rés. - Foreign Terms(in France) a parish priest.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cure (kyŏŏr),USA pronunciation n., v., cured, cur•ing. n. - Medicinea means of healing or restoring to health;
remedy. - Medicinea method or course of remedial treatment, as for disease.
- Medicinesuccessful remedial treatment;
restoration to health. - a means of correcting or relieving anything that is troublesome or detrimental:to seek a cure for inflation.
- Foodthe act or a method of preserving meat, fish, etc., by smoking, salting, or the like.
- Religionspiritual or religious charge of the people in a certain district.
- Religionthe office or district of a curate or parish priest.
v.t. - Medicineto restore to health.
- to relieve or rid of something detrimental, as an illness or a bad habit.
- Foodto prepare (meat, fish, etc.) for preservation by salting, drying, etc.
- to promote hardening of (fresh concrete or mortar), as by keeping it damp.
- Chemistryto process (rubber, tobacco, etc.) as by fermentation or aging.
v.i. - to effect a cure.
- to become cured.
- Latin cūra
- Old French cure
- Latin cūrāre to take care of, derivative of cūra care; (noun, nominal) Middle English
- Middle French curer
- (verb, verbal) Middle English curen 1250–1300
cure′less, adj. cure′less•ly, adv. cur′er, n. - 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged remedy, restorative, specific, antidote.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.
cu•ré (kyŏŏ rā′, kyŏŏr′ā; Fr. ky rā′),USA pronunciation n., pl. cu•rés (kyŏŏ rāz′, kyŏŏr′āz; Fr. ky rā′).USA pronunciation - Foreign Terms(in France) a parish priest.
- French, Old French; modeled on Medieval Latin cūrātus parish priest; see curate
- 1645–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cure /kjʊə/ vb - (transitive) to get rid of (an ailment, fault, or problem); heal
- (transitive) to restore to health or good condition
- (intransitive) to bring about a cure
- (transitive) to preserve (meat, fish, etc) by salting, smoking, etc
- (transitive) to treat or finish (a substance) by chemical or physical means
- to vulcanize (rubber)
- (transitive) to assist the hardening of (concrete, mortar, etc) by keeping it moist
n - a return to health, esp after specific treatment
- any course of medical therapy, esp one proved effective in combating a disease
- a means of restoring health or improving a condition, situation, etc
- the spiritual and pastoral charge of a parish
- a process or method of preserving meat, fish, etc, by salting, pickling, or smoking
Etymology: (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 careˈcureless adj ˈcurer n |