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cure

Pronunciation: /kjɔː/

The English word “cure” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A method, device or medication that restores good health.
  2. An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
  3. A solution to a problem.
  4. A process of preservation, as by smoking.
  5. Cured fish.
  6. A process of solidification or gelling.
  7. A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
  8. Care, heed, or attention.
  9. Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
  10. That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.

verb

  1. To restore to health.
  2. To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
  3. To cause to be rid of (a defect).
  4. To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
  5. To preserve (food), typically by salting.
  6. To bring about a cure of any kind.
  7. To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
  8. To solidify or gel.
  9. To become healed.
  10. To pay heed; to care; to give attention.

Etymology

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.

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