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1. Freed from illness or injury
   "the patient appears cured";
   - healed, recovered
    
2. (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odour and elasticity)
   - vulcanized, vulcanised [Brit]
    
3. (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
    
4. (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
    
5. (used especially of meat) cured in brine
   - corned
    
6. (used of tobacco) undergone the effects of time as a preservative process
   - aged

1. (medicine) provide a cure for, make healthy again
   "The treatment cured the boy's acne";
   - bring around, heal
    
2. Prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
   "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
    
3. Make (substances) hard and improve their usability
   "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"
    
4. Be or become preserved
   "the apricots cure in the sun"

See also: preserved, processed, seasoned, well

Type of: aid, change, harden, help, indurate, keep, preserve

Encyclopedia: Cured