cure

/kɜː(ɹ)//kjɔː(ɹ)//kjɝ/

noun

1
A method, device or medication that restores good health.
2
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
A process of solidification or gelling.
6
A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering.
7
Care, heed, or attention.
8
Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
9
That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.

1
To restore to health.
“Unaided nature cured him.”
2
To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
“Unaided nature cured his ailments.”
3
To cause to be rid of (a defect).
“Experience will cure him of his naïveté.”
4
To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
“The smoke and heat cures the meat.”
5
To bring about a cure of any kind.
6
To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
“The meat was put in the smokehouse to cure.”
7
To preserve (food), typically by salting
8
To solidify or gel.
“The parts were curing in the autoclave.”
9
To become healed.
10
To pay heed; to care; to give attention.

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