curing
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (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”Synonyms: hardeningsolidifyingsolidificationset
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]
Curing house, a building in which anything is cured; especially, in the West Indies, a building in which sugar is drained and dried. [1913 Webster]