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Cure
kjʊə
Cure definitions
verb
cure
cured
cures
curing
- relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition
"he was cured of the disease"
- eliminate (a disease or condition) with medical treatment
"this technology could be used to cure diabetes"
- solve (a problem)
"a bid to trace and cure the gearbox problems"
- preserve (meat, fish, tobacco, or an animal skin) by salting, drying, or smoking
"home-cured ham"
- harden (rubber, plastic, concrete, etc.) after manufacture by a chemical process such as vulcanization
"the early synthetic rubbers were much more difficult to cure than natural rubber"
- undergo hardening by a chemical process
"the mastic takes days to cure"