curing

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.

Synonyms

noun

  1. 1

    The act by which something is cured.

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