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cure

/ cure /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
"cure meats"
"cure pickles"
Type of:
preserve keep
Kinds of:
dun
Derived:
hardening solidifying solidification set curing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
be or become preserved
"the apricots cure in the sun"
Type of:
change
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 3
make (substances) hard and improve their usability
"cure resin"
Type of:
harden indurate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
provide a cure for, make healthy again
"The treatment cured the boy''s acne"
"The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
Type of:
help aid
Kinds of:
recuperate
Derived:
therapist healer remedy curative
Entails:
treat care for
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Domain:
medicine practice of medicine
noun Sense 5
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Type of:
medicine medication medicament
Kinds of:
acoustic antidote counterpoison emetic vomit
Has parts:
treatment
Derived:
bring around heal remedy relieve
Semantic Complexity
61%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
33
Times Searched
3
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preserve keep dun change harden indurate help aid recuperate medicine medication medicament