cure
A method, device or medication that restores good health.
Noun 4 meanings
A method, device or medication that restores good health.
An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
A solution to a problem.
A process of preservation, as by smoking.
Verb 4 meanings
To restore to health.
“Unaided nature cured him.”
To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
“Unaided nature cured his ailments.”
To cause to be rid of (a defect).
“Experience will cure him of his naïveté.”
To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
“The smoke and heat cures the meat.”
Etymology
From Middle English cure, borrowed from Old French cure (“care, cure, healing, cure of souls”), from Latin cura (“care, medical attendance, cure”). Displaced native Old English hǣlu, but this survived as heal.
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CURE at a glance
CURE has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (C 3 + U 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,070 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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