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cure
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- pronunciation:
- kyur
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a substance or course of treatment that leads to the restoration of health after a disease, disability, or other undesirable condition.
Scientists are searching for a cure for cancer.The drug is very helpful for easing the symptoms of the disease, but it is not a cure.- synonyms:
- remedy, treatment
- similar words:
- antidote, corrective, cure-all, drug, medicament, medication, medicine, panacea, restorative
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| definition 2: |
the restoration of health after a disease, disability, or other undesirable condition.
His cure took several months in the sanatorium.- synonyms:
- recovery, recuperation
- similar words:
- healing, remediation, therapy, treatment
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| definition 3: |
the act or a method of preserving food, tobacco, or the like, as by salting, smoking, or drying.
- similar words:
- preservation, preservative, salt, smoking
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
cures, curing, cured |
| definition 1: |
to cause to recover completely from an undesirable condition, such as a disease, disability, or bad habit.
Antibiotics can cure people of some diseases, but not all.The doctor hoped to cure him, but the patient had waited too long for treatment.A couple of weeks at summer camp cured her of her shyness.Witnessing his father's death from lung cancer cured him of his own smoking habit.- similar words:
- heal, rehabilitate, relieve, remedy, treat
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| definition 2: |
to preserve (food, tobacco, or the like), as by salting, smoking, or drying.
We cure these hams by salting and smoking.- synonyms:
- preserve
- similar words:
- brine, corn, dry, kipper, marinade, marinate, pickle, salt, smoke
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| related words: |
doctor, nurse, process, restore, season, soothe |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to bring about a cure.
This medicine is guaranteed to cure.- synonyms:
- heal
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| definition 2: |
to undergo curing, as food, tobacco, or the like.
- similar words:
- dry, marinade, marinate
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| related words: |
soothe |
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| derivations: |
cureless (adj.), curer (n.) |
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