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cure

1

[ kyoor ]

noun

  1. a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
  2. a method or course of remedial treatment, as for disease.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  3. successful remedial treatment; restoration to health.
  4. a means of correcting or relieving anything that is troublesome or detrimental:

    The administration is seeking a cure for inflation.

  5. the act or a method of preserving meat, fish, etc., by smoking, salting, or the like.
  6. spiritual or religious charge of the people in a certain district.
  7. the office or district of a curate or parish priest.


verb (used with object)

cured, curing.
  1. to restore to health.
  2. to relieve or rid of something detrimental, such as an illness or a bad habit.
  3. to correct (a document, especially a mail-in ballot) in order to make it valid:

    If the voter’s signature is missing, the county board sends them a certification form allowing the voter to cure the ballot so it can be counted.

  4. to prepare (meat, fish, etc.) for preservation by salting, drying, etc.
  5. to promote hardening of (fresh concrete or mortar), as by keeping it damp.
  6. to process (rubber, tobacco, etc.) as by fermentation or aging.

verb (used without object)

cured, curing.
  1. to effect a cure.
  2. to become cured.

³¦³Ü°ùé

2

[ kyoo-rey, kyoor-ey; French ky-rey ]

noun

plural ³¦³Ü°ùés
  1. (in France) a parish priest.

³¦³Ü°ùé

1

/ ˈ°ìÂáÊŠÉ™°ù±ðɪ /

noun

  1. a parish priest in France
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cure

2

/ °ìÂáÊŠÉ™ /

verb

  1. tr to get rid of (an ailment, fault, or problem); heal
  2. tr to restore to health or good condition
  3. intr to bring about a cure
  4. tr to preserve (meat, fish, etc) by salting, smoking, etc
  5. tr
    1. to treat or finish (a substance) by chemical or physical means
    2. to vulcanize (rubber)
    3. to allow (a polymer) to set often using heat or pressure
  6. tr to assist the hardening of (concrete, mortar, etc) by keeping it moist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a return to health, esp after specific treatment
  2. any course of medical therapy, esp one proved effective in combating a disease
  3. a means of restoring health or improving a condition, situation, etc
  4. the spiritual and pastoral charge of a parish

    the cure of souls

  5. a process or method of preserving meat, fish, etc, by salting, pickling, or smoking
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦³Ü°ù±ð°ù, noun
  • ˈ³¦³Ü°ù±ð±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦³Ü°ù±ð·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
  • ³¦³Ü°ù±ð·±ô±ð²õ²õ·ly adverb
  • ³¦³Ü°ù·±ð°ù noun
  • half-cured adjective
  • ´Ç·±¹±ð°ù·³¦³Ü°ù±ð»å adjective
  • ²õ±ð³¾Â·¾±Â·³¦³Ü°ù±ð»å adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¦³Ü°ù±ð»å adjective
  • well-cured adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cure1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, Old French noun cure, from Latin ³¦Å«°ù²¹ “careâ€; verb derivative of the noun

Origin of cure2

1645–55; < French, Old French; modeled on Medieval Latin ³¦Å«°ùÄå³Ù³Ü²õ parish priest; curate
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cure1

French, from Medieval Latin ³¦Å«°ùÄå³Ù³Ü²õ; see curate 1

Origin of cure2

(n) C13: from Old French, from Latin ³¦Å«°ù²¹ care; in ecclesiastical sense, from Medieval Latin ³¦Å«°ù²¹ spiritual charge; (vb) C14: from Old French curer, from Latin ³¦Å«°ùÄå°ù±ð to attend to, heal, from ³¦Å«°ù²¹ care
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Synonym Study

Cure, heal, remedy imply making well, whole, or right. Cure is applied to the eradication of disease or sickness: to cure a headache. Heal suggests the making whole of wounds, sores, etc.: to heal a burn. Remedy applies especially to making wrongs right: to remedy a mistake.
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Example Sentences

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“For patients who are seriously concerned about being stigmatized because of their mental illness, the alternative might be between being cured by an AI and not being cured at all.â€

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If you were hoping that 23andMe would be ushering in a long line of buyers who would like to use the data to finally cure cancer, buckle up.

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Because the frescoes were covered up so quickly, they never got the chance to cure as frescoes normally do, Graves says.

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The surgery was successful at curing the epilepsy, but left him with the inability to form new memories.

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The Capital Breakfast Show and former BBC Radio 1 host said he had undergone surgery and was "effectively cured" after the disease was caught early.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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