cured Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
   heal; cure; bring around.
   
   • The treatment cured the boy's acne
   • The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
2. verb prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
   cure.
   
   • cure meats
   • cure pickles
   • cure hay
3. verb make (substances) hard and improve their usability
   cure.
   
   • cure resin
   • cure cement
   • cure soap
4. verb be or become preserved
   cure.
   
   • the apricots cure in the sun
5. adjective satellite freed from illness or injury
   recovered; healed.
   
   • the patient appears cured
   • the incision is healed
   • appears to be entirely recovered
   • when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron
6. adjective satellite (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
   vulcanized; vulcanised.
   
7. adjective satellite (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
   
8. adjective satellite (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
   
9. adjective satellite (used especially of meat) cured in brine
   corned.
   
10. adjective satellite (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
    aged.
    

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