Adjective cured has 6 senses
  1. cured, healed, recovered - 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
    Antonyms: ill, sick (indirect, via well)
  2. cured, vulcanized, vulcanised - (used of rubber, e.g.) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
    Antonym: unprocessed (indirect, via processed)
  3. cured - (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
    Antonym:
    unseasoned (indirect, via seasoned)
  4. cured - (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
    Antonym:
    fresh (indirect, via preserved)
  5. corned, cured - (used especially of meat) cured in brine
    Antonym: fresh (indirect, via preserved)
  6. aged, cured - (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
    Antonym: fresh (indirect, via preserved)
,Verb cure has 4 senses
  1. bring around, cure, heal - provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
    --1 is one way to help, aid
    Derived form: noun cure1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. cure - prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"
    --2 is one way to
    preserve, keep
    Derived form: noun curing1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. cure - make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"
    --3 is one way to
    harden, indurate
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. cure - be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun"
    --4 is one way to
    change
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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