cured

verb

1. 1

   To restore to health.

   “Unaided nature cured him.”

2. 2

   To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.

   “Unaided nature cured his ailments.”

3. 3

   To cause to be rid of (a defect).

   “Experience will cure him of his naïveté.”

4. 4

   To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.

   “The smoke and heat cures the meat.”

5. 5

   To bring about a cure of any kind.

6. 6

   To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.

   “The meat was put in the smokehouse to cure.”

7. 7

   To preserve (food), typically by salting

8. 8

   To solidify or gel.

   “The parts were curing in the autoclave.”

9. 9

   To become healed.

10. 10

    To pay heed; to care; to give attention.