curing

5 definitions • 6 examples

present participle of

to make someone with an illness healthy again:

cure someone of something At one time doctors couldn't cure people of TB.

At one time doctors couldn't cure TB.

to stop someone doing or wanting something bad:

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.

to solve a problem:

The president and his advisors meet this week to discuss how to cure inflation.

to treat food, tobacco, etc. with smoke, salt, etc. in order to preserve it:

cured meats