English Explanatory Dictionary

cure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A method, device or medication that restores good health.
  2. An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
  3. A solution to a problem.
  4. A process of preservation, as by smoking.
  5. Cured fish.
  6. A process of solidification or gelling.
  7. A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
  8. Care, heed, or attention.
  9. Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
  10. That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
verb
  1. To restore to health.
  2. To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
  3. To cause to be rid of (a defect).
  4. To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
  5. To preserve (food), typically by salting.
  6. To bring about a cure of any kind.
  7. To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
  8. To solidify or gel.
  9. To become healed.
  10. To pay heed; to care; to give attention.
noun
  1. An eccentric person.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/kjɔː(r)/ /kjʊə(ɹ)/ /kjɵː/ /kjoː/ /kjʉwə/ kyo͝or kyûr /kjʊɹ/ /kjɝ/ en-us-cure.ogg /kjʉːə/ /kjʉːɹ/ /kjuːɹ/ /kɜː(ɹ)/

Word forms

cure cures curing cured

Etymology

From Middle English cure, borrowed from Old French cure (“care, cure, healing, cure of souls”), from Latin cura (“care, medical attendance, cure”). Displaced native Old English hǣlu, but this survived as heal.

Synonyms

curative mithridate treacle curacy heal

Related words

curate curative curator pedicure recure sinecure

Derived words

an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure anti-cure cure for cancer cureless cure time faith-cure king-cure Kneipp's cure Lunenburg cure mind cure overcure prevention is better than cure pro-cure Salisbury's cure Schroth's cure Schweninger's cure sun cure sweetcure take the cure the cure is worse than the disease undercure water cure Wiltshire cure miscure curability cure-all curebie cure cancer cure down curer cure up dry-cure fire-cure incurable outcure precure uncure
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