Definitions for cure

Overview of noun cure

The noun cure has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (8) remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic

(a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)

Overview of verb cure

The verb cure has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (12) bring around, cure, heal

(provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to")

2. (1) cure

(prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay")

3. cure

(make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap")

4. cure

(be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun")