cure
/kjʊr/
noun
- A medicine or treatment that makes a sick person healthy again.
- The doctor prescribed a cure for her allergies.
- There is no known cure for that disease yet.
- Scientists are searching for a cure for the common cold.
- Something that solves a problem or removes a difficulty.
- Laughter is often called the best cure for stress.
- The new law was meant to be a cure for corruption.
- A good night's sleep is a cure for many worries.
- The process of preserving food by drying, smoking, or salting.
- The cure of the meat takes several weeks.
- Salt is used in the cure of fish.
- The traditional cure of ham gives it a distinct flavor.
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verb
- To make a person or animal healthy again after an illness or injury.
- Doctors are working to cure more types of cancer.
- The medicine cured her infection within a week.
- Rest and fluids helped cure his cold.
- To solve a problem or remove something bad.
- Education is often seen as a way to cure poverty.
- Nothing could cure his boredom during the long meeting.
- The new policy aims to cure the city's traffic problems.
- To preserve food by drying, smoking, or salting it.
- The fish is cured with salt and spices.
- They cure the ham by hanging it in a smokehouse.
- My grandfather used to cure his own bacon.
- To harden or set a material, such as concrete, rubber, or glue, by chemical or physical process.
- They let the rubber cure in the mold.
- The concrete needs time to cure before you can walk on it.
- The glue will cure completely in 24 hours.
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