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1.nounA method, device or medication that restores good health.
2.nounAct of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
3.nounA solution to a problem.
4.nounA process of preservation, as by smoking.
5.nounA process of solidification or gelling.
6.nounA process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering.
7.nounCare, heed, or attention.
8.nounSpiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
9.nounThat which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
10.verbTo restore to health."Unaided nature cured him."
11.verbTo bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end."Unaided nature cured his ailments."
12.verbTo cause to be rid of (a defect)."Experience will cure him of his naïveté."
13.verbTo prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use."The smoke and heat cures the meat."
14.verbTo bring about a cure of any kind.
15.verbTo be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use."The meat was put in the smokehouse to cure."
16.verbTo preserve (food), typically by salting
17.verbTo solidify or gel."The parts were curing in the autoclave."
18.verbTo become healed.
19.verbTo pay heed; to care; to give attention.