cure

One entry found for cure.

Main Entry: ²cure
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): cured; cur·ing
transitive verb
1 a : to restore to health, soundness, or normality <cure a patient of his illness> b : to bring about recovery from <cure a disease>
2 a : to deal with in a way that eliminates or rectifies <his small size, which time would cure for him -- William Faulkner> b : to free from something objectionable or harmful <trying to cure him of a bad habit>
3 : to prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use <fish cured with salt>
intransitive verb
1 a : to undergo a curing process b : SET 11
2 : to effect a cure
- cur·er noun