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[syn: hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cure \Cure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cured (k[=u]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.
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The child was cured from that very hour. --Matt.
xvii. 18.
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2. To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to
remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.
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To cure this deadly grief. --Shak.
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Then he called his twelve disciples together, and
gave them power . . . to cure diseases. --Luke ix.
1.
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3. To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as
from a bad habit.
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I never knew any man cured of inattention. --Swift.
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4. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to
preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or
fish; to cure hay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Curing \Cur"ing\ (k?r"?ng),
p. a. & vb. n. of Cure.
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Curing house, a building in which anything is cured;
especially, in the West Indies, a building in which sugar
is drained and dried.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
curing
n 1: the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying
or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested
the set of the glue" [syn: hardening, solidifying,
solidification, set, curing]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "curing":
anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning, corning,
cure, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing, drying, embalming,
evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, healing, irradiation,
jerking, marination, mummification, pickling, potting,
quick-freezing, refrigeration, remedial, remedy, restorative,
salting, sanative, sanatory, seasoning, smoking, stuffing,
taxidermy, therapy, tinning, vulnerary, wholesome