cure

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Care, heed, or attention.

2. 2noun

   Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure.

3. 3noun

   Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.

4. 4noun

   Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.

5. 5noun

   Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative.

6. 6transitive verb

   To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient.

7. 7transitive verb

   To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.

8. 8transitive verb

   To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit.

9. 9transitive verb

   To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To pay heed; to care; to give attention.

11. 11intransitive verb

    To restore health; to effect a cure.

12. 12intransitive verb

    To become healed.

13. 13noun

    A curate; a pardon.

14. 14noun

    a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

    Synonyms

    curativeremedytherapeutic
15. 15verb

    provide a cure for, make healthy again

    "The treatment cured the boy's acne"

    "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"

    Synonyms

    heal
16. 16verb

    prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve

    "cure meats"

    "cure pickles"

17. 17verb

    be or become preserved

    "the apricots cure in the sun"

18. 18verb

    make (substances) hard and improve their usability

    "cure resin"

    "cure cement"