curing
verb
- 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.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
The act by which something is cured.
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