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| NOUN | 1 | cure, remedy, curative, therapeutic | A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain |
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| VERB | 1 | cure, bring around, heal | Provide a cure for, make healthy again |
| 2 | cure | Prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve | |
| 3 | cure | Make (substances) hard and improve their usability | |
| 4 | cure | Be or become preserved |
| Sounds | kyuh'r |
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| Rhymes | allure, assure, boor, and 36 more rhymes in uhr... |
| Meaning | A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. |
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| Synonyms | remedy, curative, therapeutic |
| Part of | treatment |
| Broader | medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug |
| Narrower | acoustic; antidote, counterpoison; emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant; lenitive; lotion, application; magic bullet; ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve; palliative, alleviant, alleviator; panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all; preventive, preventative, prophylactic |
| Verbs | cure |
| Meaning | Provide a cure for, make healthy again. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "The treatment cured the boy's acne" |
| Synonyms | bring around, heal |
| Category | medicine, practice of medicine |
| Broader | help, aid |
| Narrower | recuperate |
| Entails | treat, care for |
| Adjectives | curative; curative |
| Nouns | cure |
| Meaning | Prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay" |
| Similar to | cure |
| Broader | preserve, keep |
| Narrower | dun |
| Nouns | curing |
| Meaning | Make (substances) hard and improve their usability. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap" |
| Broader | harden, indurate |
| Meaning | Be or become preserved. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "the apricots cure in the sun" |
| Similar to | cure |
| Broader | change |
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