| verb | provide a cure for, make healthy again “The treatment cured the boy's acne” |
| verb | prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve “cure meats” |
| verb | make (substances) hard and improve their usability “cure resin” |
| verb | be or become preserved “the apricots cure in the sun” |
| adjective | freed from illness or injury; ; ; ; - Normon Cameron “the patient appears cured” |
| adjective | (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) |
| adjective | (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening |
| adjective | (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry |
| adjective | (used especially of meat) cured in brine |
| adjective | (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) |
| curable | adjective | curing or healing is possible |
| curative | adjective | tending to cure or restore to health |
| cure | noun | a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain |
| healer | noun | a person skilled in a particular type of therapy |
| curing | noun | the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization |