cured

Adjective
Synonyms: healedrecoveredvulcanizedvulcanisedcornedaged

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (6)

  1. 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”Synonyms: healedrecovered
  2. (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)Synonyms: vulcanizedvulcanised
  3. (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
  4. (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
  5. (used especially of meat) cured in brineSynonyms: corned
  6. (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)Synonyms: aged
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

The child was cured from that very hour.— Matt. xvii. 18.[1913 Webster]

2.To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady. [1913 Webster]

To cure this deadly grief.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power . . . to cure diseases.— Luke ix. 1.[1913 Webster]

3.To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. [1913 Webster]

I never knew any man cured of inattention.— Swift.[1913 Webster]

4.To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay. [1913 Webster]

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