cure
— Verb
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~ provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
cure
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~ make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"
cure
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~ be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun"
cure
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~ prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
cure-all
— Noun
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~ hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
cure
— Noun
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~ a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
cured
— Adjective
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~ freed from illness or injury; "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
cured
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~ (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
cured
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~ (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
cured
— Adjective
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~ (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
cured
— Adjective
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~ (used especially of meat) cured in brine
cured
— Adjective
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~ (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
curet
— Noun
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~ a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curettage
— Noun
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~ surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
curette
— Noun
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~ a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curettement
— Noun
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~ surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
curfew
— Noun
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~ the time that the curfew signal is sounded
curfew
— Noun
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~ an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited
curfew
— Noun
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~ a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions
curia
— Noun
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~ (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church