Cured : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Cured	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Cured
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cured adj freed from illness or injury; "the patient appears cured"; "the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron Synonym(s): cured, healed, recovered (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) Synonym(s): cured, vulcanized, vulcanised (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry (used especially of meat) cured in brine Synonym(s): corned, cured (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) Synonym(s): aged, cured
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cure \Cure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cured} (k?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curing}.] [OF. curer to take care, to heal, F., only, to cleanse, L. curare to take care, to heal, fr. cura. See {Cure},.] 1. To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient. The child was cured from that very hour. --Matt. xvii. 18. 2. To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady. To cure this deadly grief. --Shak. Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power . . . to cure diseases. --Luke ix. 1. 3. To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. I never knew any man cured of inattention. --Swift. 4. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay.