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cure
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- pronunciation:
- kyur
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A cure is something that makes a sick person get well again. We are lucky that there are cures for many diseases nowadays.
Doctors don't have a cure for colds, but after a few days, most people get better by themselves.- synonyms:
- remedy, treatment
- similar words:
- drug, medicine
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
cures, curing, cured |
| definition 1: |
If you are sick, maybe you take some medicine. If you become well again because of the medicine, it means that the medicine cures you. If a doctor helps you get well, it means that the doctor cures you.
The medicine cured his illness.An alarm clock cured my habit of sleeping until noon.- similar words:
- heal, remedy, treat
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| definition 2: |
When you cure meat, you preserve it by salting, smoking, or drying.
The farmer cured a dozen hams this year.- synonyms:
- preserve
- similar words:
- dry, pickle, salt, smoke
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| derivations: |
cureless (adj.), curer (n.) |
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