cureverb [ T ]
uk/kjʊər/us/kjʊr/cure verb [ T ] (MAKE WELL)
B2 to make someone with an illness healthy again:
At one time doctors couldn't cure TB/cure people of TB.
C1 to solve a problem:
The president and his advisors meet this week to discuss how to cure inflation.
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- He made wild claims about being able to cure cancer.
- Drugs have been developed to cure some duodenal ulcers.
- Some people try hypnotism to cure themselves of addictions.
- She tried to cure the pain in my knee by putting manual pressure on the joint.
- The medicine won't cure her - it merely stops the pain.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Recovering from illness
- be on the mend idiom
- bounce back
- clear (sth) up
- come round
- convalescence
- convalescent
- correct
- corrective
- feel like a new woman/man idiom
- get over sth/sb
- heal
- hold
- lacunar
- mend
- new
- pull
- rehab
- rehabilitation
- rose
- throw sth off
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cure verb [ T ] (PRESERVE)
to treat food, tobacco, etc. with smoke, salt, etc. in order to preserve it:
cured meats
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Preserving & storing food
- bin
- bread basket
- bread bin
- brine
- caddy
- defrost
- dried
- foil
- food technology
- freeze
- freeze-dry
- glacé
- preserve
- processed
- reconstitute
- refrigerate
- saltpetre
- souse
- Tupperware
- vacuum-packed
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Phrasal verb(s)
cure sb of sth
curenoun [ C ]
uk/kjʊər/us/kjʊr/B2 something that makes someone who is sick healthy again:
There's still no cure for cancer.
The disease has no known cure (= a cure has not yet been found).
a solution to a problem:
The best cure for boredom is hard work!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Recovering from illness
- be on the mend idiom
- bounce back
- clear (sth) up
- come round
- convalescence
- convalescent
- correct
- corrective
- feel like a new woman/man idiom
- get over sth/sb
- heal
- hold
- lacunar
- mend
- new
- pull
- rehab
- rehabilitation
- rose
- throw sth off
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