UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkjʊər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kjʊr/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kyŏŏr)
Medicinea medicine or treatment to heal or restore health; remedy:a cure for cancer.
Medicinesuccessful treatment that restores health:a complete cure.
a means of correcting or relieving anything troublesome or harmful:a cure for inflation.
v.
Medicine to restore (someone) to health; heal:[~ + object]Those little pills cured me completely.
to relieve or rid of (an illness, problem, etc.):[~ + object]We need to take drastic steps to cure unemployment.
Food to prepare (meat, etc.) for preservation by smoking, salting, aging, etc.:[~ + object]They cure the ham in a smokehouse.
Chemistry (of meat, etc.) to undergo a process of preservation by smoking, salting, etc.:[no object]The meat cures for several months in the warehouse.
cure(kyŏŏr),USA pronunciationn., v.,cured, cur•ing. n.
Medicinea means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
Medicinea method or course of remedial treatment, as for disease.
Medicinesuccessful remedial treatment; restoration to health.
a means of correcting or relieving anything that is troublesome or detrimental:to seek a cure for inflation.
Foodthe act or a method of preserving meat, fish, etc., by smoking, salting, or the like.
Religionspiritual or religious charge of the people in a certain district.
Religionthe office or district of a curate or parish priest.
v.t.
Medicineto restore to health.
to relieve or rid of something detrimental, as an illness or a bad habit.
Foodto prepare (meat, fish, etc.) for preservation by salting, drying, etc.
to promote hardening of (fresh concrete or mortar), as by keeping it damp.
Chemistryto process (rubber, tobacco, etc.) as by fermentation or aging.
v.i.
to effect a cure.
to become cured.
Latin cūra
Old French cure
Latin cūrāre to take care of, derivative of cūra care; (noun, nominal) Middle English
Middle French curer
(verb, verbal) Middle English curen 1250–1300
cure′less, adj. cure′less•ly, adv. cur′er, n.
2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged remedy, restorative, specific, antidote.
9.See corresponding entry in UnabridgedCure,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 esp. to making wrongs right:to remedy a mistake.
(transitive)to get rid of (an ailment, fault, or problem); heal
(transitive)to restore to health or good condition
(intransitive)to bring about a cure
(transitive)to preserve (meat, fish, etc) by salting, smoking, etc
(transitive)to treat or finish (a substance) by chemical or physical means
to vulcanize (rubber)
(transitive)to assist the hardening of (concrete, mortar, etc) by keeping it moist
a return to health, esp after specific treatment
any course of medical therapy, esp one proved effective in combating a disease
a means of restoring health or improving a condition, situation, etc
the spiritual and pastoral charge of a parish
a process or method of preserving meat, fish, etc, by salting, pickling, or smoking
Etymology: (n) C13: from Old French, from Latin cūra care; in ecclesiastical sense, from Medieval Latin cūra spiritual charge; (vb) C14: from Old French curer, from Latin cūrāre to attend to, heal, from cūra careˈcurelessˈcurer