What is the meaning of cured?

verb

  • Provide a cure for, make healthy again.
    • usage: "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
  • Prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve.
    • usage: "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
  • Make (substances) hard and improve their usability.
    • usage: "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"
  • Be or become preserved.
    • usage: "the apricots cure in the sun"

adjective

  • 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
  • Used of rubber. ( treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity))
  • Used of concrete or mortar. ( kept moist to assist the hardening)
  • Used of hay e. G.. ( allowed to dry)
  • Used especially of meat. ( cured in brine)
  • Used of tobacco. ( aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)).
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APAWordNet. (2010). cured. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/cured/definitions/1171793
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