cure.
A method, device or medication that restores good health.
Meaning & usage
A method, device or medication that restores good health.
An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
A solution to a problem.
A process of preservation, as by smoking.
Cured fish.
A process of solidification or gelling.
A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
Care, heed, or attention.
Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cure, borrowed from Old French cure (“care, cure, healing, cure of souls”), from Latin cura (“care, medical attendance, cure”). Displaced native Old English hǣlu, but this survived as heal.
To restore to health.
Unaided nature cured him.
To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
Unaided nature cured his ailments.
To cause to be rid of (a defect).
Experience will cure him of his naïveté.
To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
The smoke and heat cures the meat.
Spanish ham is air-cured.
To preserve (food), typically by salting.
To bring about a cure of any kind.
To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
The meat was put in the smokehouse to cure.
To solidify or gel.
The parts were curing in the autoclave.
To become healed.
To pay heed; to care; to give attention.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English curen, from Old French curer, from Latin cūrāre. Partially displaced Old English ġehǣlan, whence Modern English heal.
An eccentric person.
Where this word comes from
From curiosity.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.