Cure | Mean of cure in English Dictionary

/ˈkjɚ/

• Noun
• something (such as a drug or medical treatment) that stops a disease and makes someone healthy again
1. The disease has no cure. [=the disease cannot be cured; the disease is incurable]
2. There is no cure for the common cold.
3. The drug was sold as a cure for a variety of ailments.
• something that ends a problem or improves a bad situation
1. This is a problem that has no easy cure.
2. The highway construction program was presented as a cure for unemployment.
3. Exercise is a good cure for stress.
• the act of making someone healthy again after an illness
1. The doctors were unable to effect a cure because the disease had spread too far.
• Verb

• to make (someone) healthy again after an illness
1. Her doctors have pronounced her cured. [=have said that she is no longer ill]
2. A team of doctors cured him of a rare blood disease.
• to stop (a disease) by using drugs or other medical treatments
1. Doctors cured his disease.
2. The infection can be cured with antibiotics.
• to provide a solution for (something)
1. Drinking won't cure [=solve] any of your problems.
• to cause (someone) to stop having a harmful habit, wrong idea, etc.
1. She was cured of any illusions she had about college after her first semester.
2. My wife cured me of most of my bad habits.
• to change something through a chemical or physical process so that it can be preserved for a long time
1. cure bacon/meat
2. The fish was cured with salt.
3. olives cured in brine
4. The hay is curing in the sun.
• to dry and become hard
1. It takes several days for concrete to cure. [=harden, set]