26984 words

cures

9 definitions • 13 examples
1
to make someone with an illness healthy again:

Examples:

cure someone of something At one time doctors couldn't cure people of TB.
At one time doctors couldn't cure TB.
2
to stop someone doing or wanting something bad:

Examples:

At one time she would eat nothing but crisps, but we soon cured her by ensuring she ate nothing else.
cure someone of something I ate so many sweets that day that I was cured of my sugar craving for months.
3
to solve a problem:

Examples:

The president and his advisors meet this week to discuss how to cure inflation.
4
to treat food, tobacco, etc. with smoke, salt, etc. in order to preserve it:

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5
something that makes someone who is sick healthy again:

Examples:

cure for There's still no cure for cancer.
no known cure The disease has no known cure (= a cure has not yet been found).
6
a solution to a problem:

Examples:

cure for The best cure for boredom is hard work!
7
to make someone healthy again, or to cause an illness to go away:

Examples:

She was cured of her migraine headaches when she changed her diet.
fig. He worked to promote programs to cure America’s social and economic ills.
8
to treat plant or animal products by drying, smoking, salting, etc., to preserve it from decay:

Examples:

Sodium nitrite is used to cure meat.
9
the process of making a person healthy again, esp. by giving treatment, or a treatment that causes a disease to go away:

Examples:

the effort to find a cure for cancer

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